Woman sues podiatry clinics

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Passed on in good faith
Reported in The West Virginia Record
http://www.wvrecord.com/news/228521-woman-sues-podiatry-clinics-for-daughters-injuries


toeslayer

 

What is point of this post? Everyday Podiatrists get sued, are we to Post everyone of them? If you were being sued, do you want to make it public knowledge?

Steven

 

Stephen

These issues are in the public domain and hence access is for all. Not all podiatrists however are aware of the issues, incidents and frequency with which litigation takes place.

The information is passed on in good faith and in the spirit of sharing information. This is not in anyway a comment on the behaviour or alledged behaviour of any individuals.

toeslayer

 

Toeslayer,

I realize the information is of public domain. Yet, why do you have to post it on Podiatry Arena when the it mentions the Podiatrist's name as well as well as the Plaintiff's name? Just because it is of public domain, do we have to make it public domain here?

I have been sued before and won...but I certainly would not want my name posted on here regarding the lawsuit, especially before the verdict!

What is valuable is learning how to prevent getting sued and Its fine to post real legal cases but lets leave out the names, its not for us to judge. As a side note, did you also know that the Podiatrist you posted about is a member of Podiatry Arena and lists Podiatry Arena as one of his favorite places to visit on his Facebook account?

Steven

 

Lab Guy

I understand exactly what you are saying but Podiatry Arena is also a public domain. The information (which has come from another public domain) is posted here in good faith.

To not do this might be seen as sensorship.

Certainly in the case of a not guilty verdict or case dismissal this information too should be shared . However this does not always appear in a public domain.


toeslayer

 

Hello Lab Guy,
I am not sure what country you live in, but here in UK any complaints to the pods' governement regulator The Health Professions Council are put on a publically accessible website.
There have been numerous complaints about this, to the HPC and their compromise was to only publish dates of disciplinary hearings a month before the event !
So here we are "named and shamed" before any verdict is given. Even if the practitioner has "no case to answer" this information does not always appear on the website.

CF

 

Catfoot,

Thanks for your post. In America its the same thing. If its a major lawsuit it may even be in the local papers.

Why people want to post news of a fellow Podiatrist getting sued on a public forum is beyond me. It only shows ignorance, bad faith and lack of character as the Defendant is not allowed to respond to the post until the trial is over. Even if the trial was over, why would you want to humilitate and shame your collegue? Why would you want to accept that job of being the messenger to a public forum?


Steven