Ethics of some medical experts

September 24, 2002

Some of you may remember a 48 Hours TV program about 12-18 months

ago on insurance " paper reviews " , the opportunity insurance companies

have to go over medical records after accidents to determine the

amount of medical costs to be related to the accident and the amount

attributable to other causes. These reviews were handled by outside

companies, often by people with little or no medical training. The

reports to the insurance companies were signed by a doctor to make

them look official. Needless to say, the review companies which

denied the most claims, saving the casualty companies the most money,

got the most business. One of those companies was owned by Dr. Gots.

On network television, Dr. Gots admitted that he sometimes signed

reviews without reading them, thus denying insurance claims without

medical justification. Maybe that will help explain Dr. Gots'

perspective on medicine and money. Keep that in mind if he is ever an

expert witness against you.

Mark,

How are things down in Lower LA?

Good answer. Now I think that what someone should do is go out and

see what Mr. Gots may have said on the consumer side. I find a lot

just like him who are nothing but a " hired gun. " The thing to do is

find out the facts about their previous stands. Are they consistent?

I had one Ph.D. who claimed my client was nothing but a disgruntled

homeowner and the mold was all in their head, despite visual evidence

and test conducted by her. I showed up at another case with the home

owner and this same Ph.D. showed up brought in by my client's

attorneys. This time it was a different story. She was ready to

bring in the Bull Dozers and tear the house down. Now I had thought

the first house was in worse condition (she said not) and the second

was not. I have both of these situations on Video Tape. I showed the

tape of the first house to the attorneys. They realized if I had a

tape, the defense in the case could very well maybe have another

tape. My feeling is that you either have to be on one side or the

other. Not waffling back and forth.

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