Medical malpractice falls under negligence. For a successful claim, each of the four elements must be met: 1. duty of care; 2. breach of duty; 3. causation of damages; 4. actual damages.
One would think that if a specific procedure is required to arrive at an appropriate diagnosis, failure of one’s health professional to perform such procedure and failure to properly diagnose would satisfy the requirements.
However, it has come to my attention that no lawyers will represent clients for these types of claims. The implication seems to be that doctors can fail you, repeatedly, without fear of accountability (despite most of them having malpractice insurance). I’ve been told that only doctors who injure you will be taken to court.
Legal literature on the topic does not seem to reflect such a sentiment, one that provides unreasonable immunity to healthcare practitioners and unreasonable expectations for patients to deal with substandard care.
If justice cannot be obtained via the courts, how might it be obtained?
William Walthour
McAllen
Put an end
to Lone Star
Gov. Greg Abbott should seriously consider ending Operation Lone Star for reasons I will outline below.
First, Mr. Abbott’ efforts to secure the Texas/Mexico border have proven to be a thankless job. As might be expected, many have accused him of political grandstanding and/or playing politics with the issue in his bid for reelection. Others have characterized Mr. Abbott as heartless and anti-immigrant for trying to restore a sense of normalcy at the border.
Secondly, it would appear that many in Texas don’t seem to think that a massive influx of unvetted immigrants crossing the Texas/Mexico border is a big deal. If such were not the case, more people would have made their voices heard.
The uproar over the recent Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision is but one example of people making their voices heard on a particular issue.
Finally, Texas revenues and resources should no longer be spent/utilized on a border crisis that has no end in sight.
Ben Castillo
Harlingen
Few comments
about hearings
The Jan. 6 committee has held several prime-time sessions this month. I heard the investigation may go on into August. Yet, unless I have missed one, I’ve not seen one letter to the editor concerning these crucial hearings.
They are vital to our understanding of what happened Jan. 6, how and why. There seems to be a blank space in the minds of letter writers on the historic importance of these hearings, and the very existence of our shaken democracy.
Few heroes exist in our culture. People in our military are the exception, of course. We have — and ought to be grateful for — the people on that committee covering thousands of documents, emails, phone calls, videos, and these are the same people who shuddered on the floor and rooms of the Capitol afraid for their very lives as they attempted to do their job. Some of the committee members have been threatened, their families threatened, and their home addresses divulged publicly. I cannot imagine the stress.
I hope more people will make an effort to hear testimony in the following weeks. These people are our heroes. Without them, the insurrection and attempted coup might have been reduced and trivialized as “political discourse,” as opponents have wished.
Shirley Rickett
Alamo
