I was thinking similar-- a generic law firm could probably get a small payout, but wouldn't necessarily uncover as many details about the situation since they're not personally involved (and, as you said, would probably have less publicity as well).

I think your worries are misplaced. This is bread and butter for lawyers. The problem with this case is it’s very fuzzy. We are seeing one side of the story as a lawsuit is certainly coming. Doctors are human and deal with high stress, life or death situations. They have medical malpractice insurance exactly for this. Even if you have a 99.9% perfect doctor, they will see many thousands of patients over their career, and that still means 1/1000 will die. People play the lottery on far worse odds.

I found the article interesting less as a damning of the medical system and more of a spiritual situation. None of us know when a freak random event will end us. It is a sobering reality

> I found the article interesting less as a damning of the medical system and more of a spiritual situation. None of us know when a freak random event will end us. It is a sobering reality

Should we say the same about potentially life-threatening defects in our food supply? "Mistakes happen, so it's not about fixing or preventing them, it's about spiritually accepting that you might get a bad can of meat and die." Obviously not.

> that still means 1/1000 will die. People play the lottery on far worse odds.

I don't play the lottery, though. But I can't choose whether or not I might need emergency care one day. So comparing odds to the lottery isn't useful. Make the odds as good as possible.