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	House Judiciary Subcommittee Approves Hinchey's Bill to Reverse Military Medical Malpractice Injusti

LisPark

5-20-2009 3:05 PM

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military, medical, medical malpractice, law, legal, feres doctrine, justice

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It is now time for change . . . and there is no legitimate excuse for denying the victims of negligence fair compensation. It is time to protect those who protect us.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8aedb2c0-87c8-4e68-854c-2605513fa393/7A0570E4-868F-4CC5-A421-4B350CBE6061/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://medical-malpractice-information.blogspot.com/2009/05/house-judiciary-subcommittee-approves.html" href="http://medical-malpractice-information.blogspot.com/2009/05/house-judiciary-subcommittee-approves.html" style="font-size: 11px;">medical-malpractice-information.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://medical-malpractice-information.blogspot.com/2009/05/house-judiciary-subcommittee-approves.html"><DIV>The Carmelo Rodriguez Military Medical Accountability Act of 2009, authored by Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), was approved by The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://medical-malpractice-information.blogspot.com/2009/05/house-judiciary-subcommittee-approves.html"><DIV>One can remember the case of Sergeant Carmelo Rodriguez, who died due to skin cancer,  was misdiagnosed several times by military medical personnel. The bill will enable the family of Sgt. Carmelo Rodriguez and others to hold military accountable for <A href="http://tgllaw.com/new-york-law-practice/malpractice/">medical malpractice</A>. Below is the official press release from <A href="http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ny22_hinchey/morenews/051909CarmeloRodriguezSubcommitteePassage.html">house.gov site</A>;</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://medical-malpractice-information.blogspot.com/2009/05/house-judiciary-subcommittee-approves.html">The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law today approved a bill that Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) authored, which would enable armed service members and their families to hold the military accountable for negligent medical care.  Current law prevents any such malpractice lawsuits from being filed against the military regardless of the egregiousness of the situation.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7A0570E4-868F-4CC5-A421-4B350CBE6061/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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