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Old Fri Aug 24, 2007, 01:47pm
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This is going to sound callous, but I'm not getting involved (nor is my crew) in ANYTHING related to a medical decision for any player. Doing so could open one up to some liability.

For example, its settled law in most jurisdictions that medical malpractice is a "reasonably foreseeable" consequence of medical practice, thus if you are negligent and injure someone in a car accident, for example, you could still be held liable for damages involved in the med-mal portion of the case (say he dies) because you started the chain of events. Yes, this is a different situation than the auto accident, since you were negligent in causing the injury there and here, you aren't, but its not a big stretch to at least argue liability for the one recommending the hospital where negligent care takes place. Different states have different negligence law and its doubtful that, here in Texas for example, this would hold up. But...there's no real reason to put yourself in that position.

This isn't your responsibility. Don't make it such.
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