Comments on: Alternative Dispute Resolution And Medical Negligence http://www.chriswhitelaw.com.au/blog/medical-negligence/alternative-dispute-resolution-and-medical-negligence/ Professional Dispute Resolution Services Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:36:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: nomoreaccidents http://www.chriswhitelaw.com.au/blog/medical-negligence/alternative-dispute-resolution-and-medical-negligence/comment-page-1/#comment-107 nomoreaccidents Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:36:38 +0000 http://www.chriswhitelaw.com.au/blog/?p=59#comment-107 Long time lurker, thought I would say hello! I really dont post much but thanks for the good times I have here. Love this place.. When I was hurt in that automobile accident my life would be changed eternally. Unfortunately that driver had no car insurance and I was going to be hurting for ever. This was not time for me to start and guess what to do. I had to find a good personal injury attorney to help me get what I needed. After all, my family was counting on me. How rotten was it? I has bedridden for 3 months, I had to have constant care and my hospital bills went through the roof! Thank goodness, I found a good referral site to help me. I will post more later this year to tell you more about what I have been going through. If you need an personal injury lawyer try the guys at <a href="http://theaccidentlawyers.org" rel="nofollow">pip lawyers</a> > Long time lurker, thought I would say hello! I really dont post much but thanks for the good times I have here. Love this place..

When I was hurt in that automobile accident my life would be changed eternally. Unfortunately that driver had no car insurance and I was going to be hurting for ever.

This was not time for me to start and guess what to do. I had to find a good personal injury attorney to help me get what I needed. After all, my family was counting on me.

How rotten was it? I has bedridden for 3 months, I had to have constant care and my hospital bills went through the roof!

Thank goodness, I found a good referral site to help me.

I will post more later this year to tell you more about what I have been going through.

If you need an personal injury lawyer try the guys at pip lawyers
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]]> By: Chris Whitelaw http://www.chriswhitelaw.com.au/blog/medical-negligence/alternative-dispute-resolution-and-medical-negligence/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Chris Whitelaw Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:20:37 +0000 http://www.chriswhitelaw.com.au/blog/?p=59#comment-76 The current system is heavily influenced by insurers attitude to risk management. As they are usually the ones calling the shots the medical personnel have to fall into step with this approach to ensure continued insurance cover. If the risk exposure is very high it will often exacerbate the alienation that injured persons and their families will experience as they seek legal redress for alleged medical negligence. Medical Insurers do participate in ADR processes but in my view, most of the time, not earlier enough and they still insist on forcing the claimant to go to great lengths in putting up the "proof" before they will utilize Alternative Dispute Resolution and even when they do utilize ADR they utilize it simply as a form of hosted settlement negotiations (hosted by a Mediator). In my view this "factory style" ADR that is now an entrenched part of the "justice system" when people are litigating in the courts. It is far cry from what I would call "Real ADR" that can be accessed by parties at whatever stage a dispute is at. The whole point and purpose of this blog is to help delineate more clearly what is "Real ADR" in the civil justice system. The current system is heavily influenced by insurers attitude to risk management. As they are usually the ones calling the shots the medical personnel have to fall into step with this approach to ensure continued insurance cover. If the risk exposure is very high it will often exacerbate the alienation that injured persons and their families will experience as they seek legal redress for alleged medical negligence. Medical Insurers do participate in ADR processes but in my view, most of the time, not earlier enough and they still insist on forcing the claimant to go to great lengths in putting up the “proof” before they will utilize Alternative Dispute Resolution and even when they do utilize ADR they utilize it simply as a form of hosted settlement negotiations (hosted by a Mediator). In my view this “factory style” ADR that is now an entrenched part of the “justice system” when people are litigating in the courts. It is far cry from what I would call “Real ADR” that can be accessed by parties at whatever stage a dispute is at. The whole point and purpose of this blog is to help delineate more clearly what is “Real ADR” in the civil justice system.

]]> By: father of a severly disabled boy http://www.chriswhitelaw.com.au/blog/medical-negligence/alternative-dispute-resolution-and-medical-negligence/comment-page-1/#comment-75 father of a severly disabled boy Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:48:23 +0000 http://www.chriswhitelaw.com.au/blog/?p=59#comment-75 Yes, There has to be a better way than the current system,We have been waiting nearly ten years for my son to be compensated for his injuries, i have witnessed first hand some very un-ethical behavour.Stop and think for a minute would you like to be treated like a scum if your son was brain damaged in a car accident or at work, Well thats how it is in the current system. Most of all i must say it really does breed some deep deep deep anger and that is a very dangerous way to have a system . There is a saying if it works dont fix it well im telling you first hand with ten years of bankrupt from the systems costs it aint workin boys and girls fix it up or go back to the old ways before laws where around and it was an eye for an eye????? Yes, There has to be a better way than the current system,We have been waiting nearly ten years for my son to be compensated for his injuries, i have witnessed first hand some very un-ethical behavour.Stop and think for a minute would you like to be treated like a scum if your son was brain damaged in a car accident or at work, Well thats how it is in the current system. Most of all i must say it really does breed some deep deep deep anger and that is a very dangerous way to have a system . There is a saying if it works dont fix it well im telling you first hand with ten years of bankrupt from the systems costs it aint workin boys and girls fix it up or go back to the old ways before laws where around and it was an eye for an eye?????

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