Deirdre Gilbert collecte des fonds
Protect Victims, Not Big Insurance
Nancy, was a victim of medical malpractice. She went in for routine back surgery. During the surgery, the surgeon mistakenly cut her common iliac artery, which is a major blood vessel in her abdomen. She lost oxygen to her brain for about 23 minutes. As a result, she was left with a need for around the clock lifetime assistance. She is not able to do anything for herself.
There was a trial to attempt to recover compensation for her lifetime needs and her other harms and losses. The jury was shown that her needs and her harms and losses were in excess of $9 million. The doctor and his insurance company did not contest the amount of the losses.
After hearing all of the evidence, the jury awarded Nancy $35.6 million. Unfortunately, the law in Virginia provided that Nancy could only recover $2.2 million. This Virginia law that puts a cap, or limit, on the amount that a victim of medical malpractice can recover, regardless of the amount of harm suffered by a victim of medical malpractice, is not just. It benefits big and powerful insurance companies at the expense of innocent victims of medical malpractice.
This law needs to be changed.
We are undertaking an effort in Virginia to eliminate the cap on damages that a victim can recover from medical malpractice. This is why we need your help. It will cost a lot of money to stand up against the insurance companies in an attempt to change the law. We need money to mount a public relations campaign. We need to make the legislature understand that the law is unjust and as written does not provide for equal access to justice.
We are doing this so that other "Nancys" will not be victimized again. Please make a donation to the National Medical Malpractice Advocacy Association. It is a nonprofit organization devoted to advocating on behalf of victims of medical malpractice. Any donation that you make is tax deductible. Credit cards are accepted. The money will be used for the campaign to change the law.
Thank you so much for your support.
There was a trial to attempt to recover compensation for her lifetime needs and her other harms and losses. The jury was shown that her needs and her harms and losses were in excess of $9 million. The doctor and his insurance company did not contest the amount of the losses.
After hearing all of the evidence, the jury awarded Nancy $35.6 million. Unfortunately, the law in Virginia provided that Nancy could only recover $2.2 million. This Virginia law that puts a cap, or limit, on the amount that a victim of medical malpractice can recover, regardless of the amount of harm suffered by a victim of medical malpractice, is not just. It benefits big and powerful insurance companies at the expense of innocent victims of medical malpractice.
This law needs to be changed.
We are undertaking an effort in Virginia to eliminate the cap on damages that a victim can recover from medical malpractice. This is why we need your help. It will cost a lot of money to stand up against the insurance companies in an attempt to change the law. We need money to mount a public relations campaign. We need to make the legislature understand that the law is unjust and as written does not provide for equal access to justice.
We are doing this so that other "Nancys" will not be victimized again. Please make a donation to the National Medical Malpractice Advocacy Association. It is a nonprofit organization devoted to advocating on behalf of victims of medical malpractice. Any donation that you make is tax deductible. Credit cards are accepted. The money will be used for the campaign to change the law.
Thank you so much for your support.
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