Santorum's wife sues Doc for 500K, Gets 350K. He wants cap @ 250K?

[elehhhhna]

http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1300271

[Beausoir]

1. Busted!

What a filthy little weasel.

[triguy46]

2. tort reform!!! Malpractice reform!!! We must stop the lawyers!!!

right after I get my check.

[T Wolf]

3. Typical puke hypocrisy.

A chiropractic mishap. What bullshit. Sanitorium has ripped off the public for untold hundreds of thousands of dollars while pushing his obscene agenda.

PA will be well-rid of this shit come next year. Whether Casey will be any better is yet to be seen.

[Ian David]

6. She sued because she was too fat to be seen in public with Rick!!!

"But Santorum agreed enough to tell the jury that he had to carry the laundry upstairs for his wife and that, because she suffered humiliation from weight gain, she no longer had the confidence to help him on the campaign trail. The jury was so moved it voted to award Karen Santorum $350,000."

It's because she was eating too many Bloomin' Onions from Outback Steak House!

Attytood: Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Outback) -- no rules, just (far) right
In early March, not long after Santorum received the $5000 Outback PAC ...
Brabender said he wasn't aware whether Outback had lobbied Santorum in addition ...
www.pnionline.com/dnblog/attytood/archives/001745.html

[Gato Moteado]

12. he had to carry the laundry upstairs for his wife!

come on people, show some sympathy. this is a US senator...he shouldn't ever have to lower himself to do things like carry laundry up stairs. that's a woman's job, not a senator's. the hell with her measely $350k....don't you think he should be compensated something by the courts for having to do chores his fat, lazy wife should have been doing? the bible says that she should be doing that stuff, for chrissakes.

you friggin' liberals are so disconnected from reality!

[Jara sang]

13. dupe

[notadmblnd]

21. what? there are no Illegal aliens in PA?

I find that so hard to believe.

[IronLionZion]

40. PA!!!! Santorum lives in Virginia!

and probably never carried laundry in his entire pampered life!


He is NOT from Pennsylvania and I sure as hell did NOT vote for him!

[notadmblnd]

41. I'[m sorry, I thought he was a PA senator?

nt

[IronLionZion]

43. He is a "PA Senator"

But he's not from PA and doesn't live in our state. He's been sued by the taxpayers for this.

[ClintonTyree]

52. This is a big war between Pennsylvania and Virginia DUers.

Pennsylvania DUers of course want to vote Sphinctorum out and send him back to his home state, Virginia. Virginian DUers however, don't want him back and say he's now the property of Pennsylvania.

I can see years of legal wrangling here about who Sphinctorum actually belongs to. There will be no winners or losers in this epic battle, we ALL lose! ;)

[corporatemedia]

46. In fact for 2 years T-Ricky had NO "residence" in PA at all....

not even the "front operation" in Penn Hills

Full story -

http://www.santorumcybergate.blogspot.com/

[Perky]

18. Hey.... It is not hypocrisy if he gives the $100K back

Ha-ha

One woman'd pain is another man's frivolvity. THERE is no SOlution to this problem except peer reviw by other doctors in establishing caps on maplpractice premiums.


THe issues for Republicans have always been about demonizing lawyers because it plays well in certain quarters,

[Ian David]

4. He didn't sue a doctor. He sued a chiropractor. Big difference. But STILL!

Lawsuit Abuse Critic Explains Suit

Nov. 10, 2005 — In recent years many doctors and politicians have complained that frivolous malpractice lawsuits and disproportionate jury awards are a problem in need of reform.

But when "Primetime" did some investigating, it turned out that at least some of the people in favor of reform — even some of its loudest proponents — have themselves benefited from the current laws.

The Senator's Wife

Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., says that the No. 1 health care crisis in his state is medical lawsuit abuse and in the past he's called for a $250,000 cap on non-economic damage awards or awards for pain and suffering. "We need to do something now to fix the medical liability problem in this country," he declared at a rally in Washington D.C., this past spring.

But Santorum's wife sued a doctor for $500,000 in 1999. She claimed that a botched spinal manipulation by her chiropractor led to back surgery, pain and suffering, and sued for twice the amount of a cap Santorum has supported.

More:
http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1300271

[sandnsea]

22. Gee, chiropractor didn't work

Now there's a friggin' shock. Not. My son's been to a chiropractor, he's probably going to need back surgery anyway. Does he get to sue? He can't even get a workman's comp check. Privatization is such a wonderful solution. This is such a load. Pisses me the hell off. The reason they believe the system is being fucked over is because they're the ones doing the fucking. Too bad it doesn't occur to them that just because they're cheats, it doesn't mean the rest of us are.

[Ian David]

28. To be fair, a good chiropractor can help with lower back pain

But the industry is so un-regulated and rife with quackery that your odds of finding a good, honest chiropractor are very, very small.

[bluedawg12]

30. yea, so can time, physical therapy, and just waiting a few days

85% of low back pain gets better with or with out medical care.

I wonder if she had sciatica as a result of manipulation, if the claim was that she herniated a disc?

Would like to see the legal papers, can't find them on line. hmmmm...?

[Ian David]

32. Could they be in the PACR system? n/t

[sandnsea]

31. They can help with some things

And not with others. It isn't necessarily quackery that sends somebody to a neurosurgeon from a chiropractor. But it isn't surprising, at all, that a chiropractor wouldn't be able to help a back problem. Otherwise we wouldn't have back surgeries.

[bluedawg12]

48. Actually chiropractors can help hasten the healing

but they would not claim to be able to cure all - so still wonder what the basis of the law suit was? There are never any quarantees and chiropractic is one of many types of treatment. This suit has a smell-torum about it.

[bballny]

5. I wish the MSM

would inform people where the $250K cap came from. This was passed in California about 30 years and never changed for inflation. The democrats should start informing the public now how this came about and why it is bad for the average person.

[cybildisobedience]

7. wouldn't snippets from this story make a perfect anti-Ricky campaign ad?

Santorum justifies that outrageous amount because his wife's WEIGHT GAIN led to low self-esteem and she couldn't campaign alongside him any longer?
That equates to a half a million settlement?
I hope whoever runs against him next has the guts to use that, because you know Santorum wouldn't hesitate to use that against one of his opponents.

[Perky]

20. I was for malpractice reform before I

testifies against it....


Ummm Mr. Santorum...one last thing...Do you belive the amount you sued for was excessive? Was the Jury's award justified?

When does a lawsuit become frivolous? How would you determins that prior to taking that to court.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

24. Precisely -- Once you get to discussing damages

then by definition the suit was not frivolous.

[UTUSN]

8. Ricky Being Ambushed by McFADDEN Was Priceless

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5328567

[Dr.Phool]

9. Santorum - It's french for dogshit!

Nothing like a big pile of steaming, smelly Santorum!

[bluedawg12]

16. That's Satan-orum ya' liberuls! LOL. n/t

[pansypoo53219]

17. no no no

it's already been settled. santorum is the ooze formed from lube and anal excretions formed during gay sex. this has already been established!
please use the correct terminology.

(how do you make dripping sarcasm?)

[Touchdown]

25. colonsarcasmcolon.

Like this : sarcasm : Without spaces :sarcasm:

[Ian David]

10. John Stossel works for ABC News...

Iron John Stossel did a great Gimme A Break segment one time about FEMA guarantees that essentially reward people for building and rebuilding homes in the most hurricane-exposed areas of the south-Atlantic region.


The running gag was that Stossel himself had a beach home that he kept thanking the viewers for paying him to rebuild after it got rocked in a storm. There were assorted tales of serial rebuilders who had collected more than one federal paycheck to rebuild destroyed homes. Wackiness ensued. It was one of Stossel's finest hours.

More:
http://www.reason.com/hitandrun/2003/09/this_is_the_sto.shtml

[AzDar]

11. Are ALL Republicans money-grubbing hypocrites? Jeebus.

[sandnsea]

23. YES, 1000 times, YES

New oxymoron, honest Republican.

[bluedawg12]

14. What a hypocrite!

>But the fact is that Santorum has sponsored or co-sponsored a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages two times — even though he testified in his wife's case against the doctor.<

Pain and suffering??? Come on that's against repug tort reform dogma.


"Of course I'm going to support my wife in her endeavors," he said. "That doesn't necessarily mean that I agree with everything that she does."


Yet he testified under oath on her behalf?

[Jara sang]

15. What a load of crap: "He had to carry the laundry upstairs for his wife"

Yeah right, little Rickie does the laundry. Here is a New Yorker article about Patrick Henry College that states the Santorums most definitely have "help" around the house.

Of the school’s sixty-one graduates through the class of 2004, two have jobs in the White House; six are on the staffs of conservative members of Congress; eight are in federal agencies; and one helps Senator Rick Santorum, of Pennsylvania, and his wife, Karen, homeschool their six children.

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/050627fa...

[Blue_Roses]

19. WTF?

Oh my gosh! What an SOB! Talk about hypocrit! Words escape me because of the outrage I feel at this moment.
Son. of. a. bitch. Unbelievable. "Sanitarium" of all people...:argh:

[Tom Joad]

26. He is going to give back the $100k difference, right?

[ComerPerro]

34. Fuck that. He should give back all but the $18,000 in medical bills

for filing such a frivolous lawsuit.

And he should be fined and charged for filing frivolous lawsuits.

[KittyWampus]

27. Didn't Cheney's Family Sue Same Pool Motor Company Edwards Did?

[bluedawg12]

29. anyone have the legal papers, can't find them on line

would like to read the basis for their claim.

[corporatemedia]

33. ***VIDEO LINK*** in replies to this DU post...

Check out Reply # 9, #9, #9,....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5328790

[ComerPerro]

35. This is why anyone who believes anything a Republican says is a moron

[NNadir]

36. Now this is rich. Of course Repuke hypocricy is not unusal, but it's

amazing that they have more than 30% approval anywhere.

[BiggJawn]

37. He sounded like Il Douche Caligula in that quote!

"I guess I could answer that in two ways," he said. "Number one is that I've supported caps. I've been very clear that I am not wedded at all to a $250,000 cap and I've said publicly repeatedly, and I think probably that is somewhat low, and that we need to look at what I think is a cap that is a little bit higher than that."

Sounds just like Dim Son, don't it?

[GOPisEvil]

38. Another Republican hypocrite: Texas AG Greg Abbott.

He was paralyzed in an accident and uses a wheelchair for mobility. I have no issue with him collecting a settlement as was his right. However, he came out very publicly for "tort reform" here in Texas. At worst, he should have recused himself from the debate.

[Hello_Kitty]

39. Well boo hoo Mrs. Santorum

You lacked confidence to support your husband's campaign because of weight gain :nopity:

Poor people get fat because of medical problems too but I bet you and Ricky spare no sympathy for them, clucking your tongues over their "laziness", "bad habits", and "immorality". Screw both of you, you hypocritical asshats!

[Patiod]

42. Kind of like Delay supporting tort reform while his family sued

the company that made the bearings used in the home-made jerry-rigged backyard tram that killed his father.

[jenndar]

44. What kind of person

would let her physical appearance interfere with her ability to campaign for a candidate she believed in?

Totally unpatriotic.

[keta11]

45. SANTORUM

http://www.spreadingsantorum.com/

[PA Democrat]

47. The judge later reduced the award to $175,000

saying that the Santorums had received "undue sympathy" based upon his status as a US Senator.

Also, the Santorums attempted to have all of the records regarding the case sealed, I would guess to avoid undue embarrassment for Ricky-boy hypocrite extraordinaire.

[sepia_steel]

49. he got his, fuck everyone else. nt

[WernhamHogg]

50. I think I remember hearing about that...

Didn't Ricky say that it was...um..."different" ("different" meaning that it was something that effected HIM and not someone else...)?

[Ms. Clio]

51. Similar to our disabled repuke Att Gen in Tx who supported tort deform

After he won his own lawsuit, natch.

"In 1984, Greg Abbott was jogging in the wrong place at the wrong time, and a tree fell on him while he was jogging and partially paralyzed him - he's in a wheelchair today.

Greg Abbott hired Texas attorney Don Riddle to sue the homeowner of the tree, and a company who once trimmed the tree.

Don Riddle obtained a settlement for Mr. Abbott that may exceed $10 million in his lifetime. He receives yearly payments, and according to this article, Mr. Abbott received $300,000 in 2001 alone.

Surprisingly, Greg Abbott has become a major champion for tort reform. As a Supreme Court justice in Texas appointed by George W. Bush, Mr. Abbott helped push a tort reform agenda. Here's what Don Riddle, Mr. Abbott's attorney has to say: "People who sadly find themselves in Greg Abbott's position today will not have the same access to obtaining compensation that Mr. Abbott had. The difference is the tort reform laws that have come into place." Had the tort reform laws Mr. Abbott advocates been in place in 1984, Mr. Abbott would not receive $300,000 or more every year of his life. Why then, is it fair for Mr. Abbott to receive millions of dollars in pain and suffering - and mental anguish - but it's not fair for other Texans?

http://www.corpreform.com/2003/11/

[lumpy]

53. Needle-nose

should be taken to the woodshed, whupped and swear to get the H out of politics.