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Nice of her to say she wouldn't have sued but unfortunately what she says prior to being dropped might be different to her thoughts afterwards  |
Although it is quite possible that the thought had been put in her head by the interviewer, it does show that the potential for litigation is an issue in public (and volutary) services.
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Maybe it's time for ambulance crews to ask patients to sign waivers before they make any attempt at treatment or transport  |
Or to be exempt - after all, in many cases the patient would be unfit to sign such a waiver. (So even getting a waiver off the patient in distress would probably be thrown out in court!)
The litiginousness of our society is a real problem - what concerns me most is not that people bring these silly cases, but that the courts find in their favour! And it's
that which is fuelling the whole thing.
If people could expect common sense to prevail in court, then it might also prevail outside of it.