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April 27, 2006
Rep. Cox Fined
Rep. John F. Cox (D-Lowell) was fined $1,750 for accepting gratuities from John Hancock lobbyist F. William Sawyer, Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association of Massachusetts lobbyist George Traylor, and Life Insurance Association of Massachusetts lobbyist William Carroll. According to a Disposition Agreement, Rep. Cox admitted he violated the conflict law by accepting meals for himself and his wife totalling $125 from insurance lobbyists during a trip to Las Palmas del Mar Resort in Puerto Rico in December 1992; and by accepting dinner for himself and his wife and golf totalling $334 during a trip to Plantation Resort at Amelia Island, Florida in March 1993. Rep. Cox also admitted he violated the conflict law by accepting a fishing boat excursion for himself and his wife worth $128 from Traylor in December 1992.
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Posted on April 27, 2006 08:41 AM by Medica66.
Filed in Personal Injury Resources under medical malpractice.
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Malpractice caps are unconstitutional as the legislative branch is legislating financial recompense which is the job of the judicial branch. As a result, it is difficult to find a lawyer in Wisconsin who will represent the victim of med/mal, especially against state hospitals which have a cap of $250,000 with lawyers limited to 1/3 of the award. In my own case, in which my husband is the victim of med/mal, such caps have led, I believe, to not only recklessness but to criminal experimentation on a patient. Caps may look like a good thing but their result is to remove fear of legal retribution from the medical practitioner.
Posted by: Tara Gerstein at December 30, 2007 08:16 PM
