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		<title>Comment on My daugters boyfriend filed medical bankrupsy Why do the lawyers want her pay checks and so forth? by Wolf Harper</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wolf Harper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ridiculous!  They do not need her paycheck information.  It does not matter how rich she is - they are not married!  There is no such thing as &quot;Palimony&quot;.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palimony 

His finances are his finances.  Her finances are her finances.  She cannot be liable in any way. Ergo her paychecks are none of anyone&#039;s beeswax!  

And that goes triple for you.  

You speak of &quot;the lawyers&quot; as if all lawyers were exactly the same, what, because they all wear suits?  Well, your bodyguard and your assassin both have guns, but only one of them is your friend.  

Her lawyer is her friend.  His lawyer is NOT.  He thinks it would be wonderful for his client if your daughter gets sucked into this.  Her boyfriend may not agree with his own lawyer&#039;s idea, but it&#039;s real common for lawyers to do what they think is best, and just push their client to agree after the fact. 

Refuse the request for personal financial information.  He can&#039;t have it.  He can try to subpoena it, but he&#039;ll be hoping he can intimidate you into handing it over.  Don&#039;t.  Get her a lawyer to quash (kill) the subpoena.  Then his lawyer will have to explain why he wants it.  I can&#039;t imagine why. 

But once you know why, you can deal with it. Is he arguing you are supporting him by giving him a bed to sleep in?  It&#039;s your house - kick him out!  Is he claiming a long relationship counts somehow?  She can &quot;break up&quot; with him!  Check - checkmate!  His lawyer does not want a situation where he makes his client homeless, so he may start getting real reasonable with that threat over his head. 

You and your daughter can and should protect yourselves.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ridiculous!  They do not need her paycheck information.  It does not matter how rich she is &#8211; they are not married!  There is no such thing as &quot;Palimony&quot;.  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palimony" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palimony</a> </p>
<p>His finances are his finances.  Her finances are her finances.  She cannot be liable in any way. Ergo her paychecks are none of anyone&#8217;s beeswax!  </p>
<p>And that goes triple for you.  </p>
<p>You speak of &quot;the lawyers&quot; as if all lawyers were exactly the same, what, because they all wear suits?  Well, your bodyguard and your assassin both have guns, but only one of them is your friend.  </p>
<p>Her lawyer is her friend.  His lawyer is NOT.  He thinks it would be wonderful for his client if your daughter gets sucked into this.  Her boyfriend may not agree with his own lawyer&#8217;s idea, but it&#8217;s real common for lawyers to do what they think is best, and just push their client to agree after the fact. </p>
<p>Refuse the request for personal financial information.  He can&#8217;t have it.  He can try to subpoena it, but he&#8217;ll be hoping he can intimidate you into handing it over.  Don&#8217;t.  Get her a lawyer to quash (kill) the subpoena.  Then his lawyer will have to explain why he wants it.  I can&#8217;t imagine why. </p>
<p>But once you know why, you can deal with it. Is he arguing you are supporting him by giving him a bed to sleep in?  It&#8217;s your house &#8211; kick him out!  Is he claiming a long relationship counts somehow?  She can &quot;break up&quot; with him!  Check &#8211; checkmate!  His lawyer does not want a situation where he makes his client homeless, so he may start getting real reasonable with that threat over his head. </p>
<p>You and your daughter can and should protect yourselves.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>Comment on My daugters boyfriend filed medical bankrupsy Why do the lawyers want her pay checks and so forth? by STEVEN F</title>
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		<dc:creator>STEVEN F</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is NO SUCH THING as medical bankruptcy.  Medical bills may be the primary cause of bankruptcy, but you either file bankruptcy on EVERYTHING, or you don&#039;t file bankruptcy at all.  If your daughter&#039;s boyfriend filed bankruptcy, SHE is not effected AT ALL, even if they are married.  That said, she REMAINS liable for any joint debt.  You should be asking the lawyers to explain there request for ANYTHING, but I am willing to bet SHE signed the contract to pay their fees to represent her boyfriend in the bankruptcy.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is NO SUCH THING as medical bankruptcy.  Medical bills may be the primary cause of bankruptcy, but you either file bankruptcy on EVERYTHING, or you don&#8217;t file bankruptcy at all.  If your daughter&#8217;s boyfriend filed bankruptcy, SHE is not effected AT ALL, even if they are married.  That said, she REMAINS liable for any joint debt.  You should be asking the lawyers to explain there request for ANYTHING, but I am willing to bet SHE signed the contract to pay their fees to represent her boyfriend in the bankruptcy.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>Comment on My daugters boyfriend filed medical bankrupsy Why do the lawyers want her pay checks and so forth? by Bev</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bev</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;d ask her if she signed any papers at the hospital or any where else, that she would take on the bill should he not be able to pay. If she did... she&#039;s responsible for his debt. Then have her go to a consultation with a lawyer to explain the circumstances. If she&#039;s able to get out of this, tell her not to ever sign her name to anything unless she knows EXACTLY what she&#039;s signing her name to. The next thing is to ask him to please leave and not come back until it&#039;s cleared up. It&#039;s called &quot;tough love&quot; so expect the worst and hope for the best. Good luck&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d ask her if she signed any papers at the hospital or any where else, that she would take on the bill should he not be able to pay. If she did&#8230; she&#8217;s responsible for his debt. Then have her go to a consultation with a lawyer to explain the circumstances. If she&#8217;s able to get out of this, tell her not to ever sign her name to anything unless she knows EXACTLY what she&#8217;s signing her name to. The next thing is to ask him to please leave and not come back until it&#8217;s cleared up. It&#8217;s called &quot;tough love&quot; so expect the worst and hope for the best. Good luck<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>Comment on My daugters boyfriend filed medical bankrupsy Why do the lawyers want her pay checks and so forth? by bkc99xx</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If it is his lawyer, it could be that she is jointly responsible for at least some of his debts if they are even discussing his bankruptcy with her.  If so, then she will be responsible for the debts that she signed or co-signed for.  Otherwise, if it is lawyers for the creditors, they may just be stretching to collect the debts from whomever has any money associated with the boyfriend.  They don&#039;t care where the money comes from, only that the debts are paid.

Do them both a favor and kick them out of your house before you wind up involved as well.  You grew up once, may as well let them try to do so on their own.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If it is his lawyer, it could be that she is jointly responsible for at least some of his debts if they are even discussing his bankruptcy with her.  If so, then she will be responsible for the debts that she signed or co-signed for.  Otherwise, if it is lawyers for the creditors, they may just be stretching to collect the debts from whomever has any money associated with the boyfriend.  They don&#8217;t care where the money comes from, only that the debts are paid.</p>
<p>Do them both a favor and kick them out of your house before you wind up involved as well.  You grew up once, may as well let them try to do so on their own.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>Comment on My daugters boyfriend filed medical bankrupsy Why do the lawyers want her pay checks and so forth? by V2</title>
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		<dc:creator>V2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They just want money. It doesn’t matter who pays.

I think she has a legal right to refuse paying it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They just want money. It doesn’t matter who pays.</p>
<p>I think she has a legal right to refuse paying it.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>Comment on Medical malpractice: do we need laws putting caps on lawsuits? by Dan S</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dan S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The problem is - how to define incompetence.

If the AMA was better at policing their own members, there would be less of a need for medical malpractice. When a Doctor can lose his license in one state, and then move 1 state over and hang his shingle, why should we let them off the hook? There needs to be a national standard and licensing so that if a doctor is grossly incompetent, they cannot go to another state and ruin another persons life. 

If the doctors would come up with a protocol to follow for specific situations, then they could point at that protocol and say &quot;I did what was called for&quot;. The problem is that the doctors don&#039;t want their &quot;hands tied&quot;. If the doctor&#039;s communicated with their patients - rather than treat them like cattle - there would be fewer malpractice suits. 

------ from the source listed below ---------------

National Medical Malpractice Statistics

1. Fewer than one-half of 1% of the nation’s doctors face any serious state sanctions each year. 2,696 total serious disciplinary actions a year, the number state medical boards took in 1999, is a pittance compared to the volume of injury and death of patients caused by negligence of doctors. A recent study by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences estimated that as many as 98,000 patients may be killed each year in hospitals alone as a result of medical errors.Earlier studies also found that this was a serious national problem. 

2. Harvard researchers found that 1% of a representative sample of patients treated in New York state hospitals in 1984 were injured, and one-quarter of those died, because of medical negligence.Nationwide, that would have translated into 234,000 injuries and 80,000 deaths in 1988 from negligence in American hospitals. Most of this involves physicians. There is no clear evidence that there has been significant improvement since then.

3. A similar study conducted in California in 1974 found that 0.8% of hospital patients had either been injured by negligence in the hospital or had been hospitalized because of negligent care. Extrapolation of those findings would have yielded an estimate of 249,000 injuries and deaths from negligent medical practice in 1988.

. . .

14. There is no growth in the number of new medical malpractice claims. According to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the number of new medical malpractice claims declined by about four percent between 1995 and 2000. There were 90,212 claims filed in 1995; 84,741 in 1996; 85,613 in 1997; 86,211 in 1998; 89,311 in 1999; and 86,480 in 2000. 
While medical costs have increased by 113 percent since 1987, the amount spent on medical malpractice insurance has increased by just 52 percent over that time.
Insurance companies are raising rates because of poor returns on their investments, not because of increased litigation or jury awards, according to J. Robert Hunter, director of insurance for the Consumer Federation of America. Recent premiums were artificially low. 
Malpractice insurance costs amount to only 3.2 percent of the average physician’s revenues. 
Few medical errors ever result in legal claims. Only one malpractice claim is made for every 7.6 hospital injuries, according to a Harvard study. Further, plaintiffs drop 10 times more claims than they pursue, according to Physician Insurer Association of America data.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;http://www.medicalmalpractice.com/National-Medical-Malpractice-Facts.cfm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The problem is &#8211; how to define incompetence.</p>
<p>If the AMA was better at policing their own members, there would be less of a need for medical malpractice. When a Doctor can lose his license in one state, and then move 1 state over and hang his shingle, why should we let them off the hook? There needs to be a national standard and licensing so that if a doctor is grossly incompetent, they cannot go to another state and ruin another persons life. </p>
<p>If the doctors would come up with a protocol to follow for specific situations, then they could point at that protocol and say &quot;I did what was called for&quot;. The problem is that the doctors don&#8217;t want their &quot;hands tied&quot;. If the doctor&#8217;s communicated with their patients &#8211; rather than treat them like cattle &#8211; there would be fewer malpractice suits. </p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212; from the source listed below &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</p>
<p>National Medical Malpractice Statistics</p>
<p>1. Fewer than one-half of 1% of the nation’s doctors face any serious state sanctions each year. 2,696 total serious disciplinary actions a year, the number state medical boards took in 1999, is a pittance compared to the volume of injury and death of patients caused by negligence of doctors. A recent study by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences estimated that as many as 98,000 patients may be killed each year in hospitals alone as a result of medical errors.Earlier studies also found that this was a serious national problem. </p>
<p>2. Harvard researchers found that 1% of a representative sample of patients treated in New York state hospitals in 1984 were injured, and one-quarter of those died, because of medical negligence.Nationwide, that would have translated into 234,000 injuries and 80,000 deaths in 1988 from negligence in American hospitals. Most of this involves physicians. There is no clear evidence that there has been significant improvement since then.</p>
<p>3. A similar study conducted in California in 1974 found that 0.8% of hospital patients had either been injured by negligence in the hospital or had been hospitalized because of negligent care. Extrapolation of those findings would have yielded an estimate of 249,000 injuries and deaths from negligent medical practice in 1988.</p>
<p>. . .</p>
<p>14. There is no growth in the number of new medical malpractice claims. According to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the number of new medical malpractice claims declined by about four percent between 1995 and 2000. There were 90,212 claims filed in 1995; 84,741 in 1996; 85,613 in 1997; 86,211 in 1998; 89,311 in 1999; and 86,480 in 2000.<br />
While medical costs have increased by 113 percent since 1987, the amount spent on medical malpractice insurance has increased by just 52 percent over that time.<br />
Insurance companies are raising rates because of poor returns on their investments, not because of increased litigation or jury awards, according to J. Robert Hunter, director of insurance for the Consumer Federation of America. Recent premiums were artificially low.<br />
Malpractice insurance costs amount to only 3.2 percent of the average physician’s revenues.<br />
Few medical errors ever result in legal claims. Only one malpractice claim is made for every 7.6 hospital injuries, according to a Harvard study. Further, plaintiffs drop 10 times more claims than they pursue, according to Physician Insurer Association of America data.<br /><b>References : </b><br /><a href="http://www.medicalmalpractice.com/National-Medical-Malpractice-Facts.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.medicalmalpractice.com/National-Medical-Malpractice-Facts.cfm</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on My daugters boyfriend filed medical bankrupsy Why do the lawyers want her pay checks and so forth? by the_unluckiest</title>
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		<dc:creator>the_unluckiest</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you live in a state/province that has common law partner laws and your daughter and her boyfriend have hit the minimum time period that would start counting towards common law partnerships, then she might also be financially responsible for the balance of what remains. I would contact a lawyer as soon as possible so as to get your daughter out of potentially ruining her credit and having her pay cheques garnished to pay the bills.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you live in a state/province that has common law partner laws and your daughter and her boyfriend have hit the minimum time period that would start counting towards common law partnerships, then she might also be financially responsible for the balance of what remains. I would contact a lawyer as soon as possible so as to get your daughter out of potentially ruining her credit and having her pay cheques garnished to pay the bills.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>Comment on Medical malpractice: do we need laws putting caps on lawsuits? by dipsydoodle</title>
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		<dc:creator>dipsydoodle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>absolutely.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>absolutely.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>Comment on My daugters boyfriend filed medical bankrupsy Why do the lawyers want her pay checks and so forth? by Fuxel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fuxel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They want her to stop leaching off the system&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They want her to stop leaching off the system<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>Comment on How should I proceed a medical malpractice settlement? by Lawrence Ellison</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lawrence Ellison</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 06:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
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