I’m glad this dickhead isn’t my doctor.

A doctor’s proposal asking the American Medical Association to endorse refusing care to attorneys involved in medical malpractice cases drew an angry response from colleagues Sunday at the annual meeting of the nation’s largest physicians group.

Many doctors stood up to denounce the resolution in passionate speeches ? even after its sponsor, Dr. J. Chris Hawk, asked that it be withdrawn.

Hawk, a South Carolina surgeon, said he made the proposal to draw attention to rising medical malpractice costs. The resolution asks that the AMA tell doctors that ? except in emergencies ? it is not unethical to refuse care to plaintiffs’ attorneys and their spouses.

“It expresses the frustration I have with a broken system,” said Hawk. He said doctors are leaving his state or retiring early because of insurance premiums ? making it harder for patients to receive care.

Can someone explain to me why lawyers are the ones always taking the blame for excessive penalties? (Which are very rare.) It’s the plaintiffs who decide whether or not to sue. Judges and/or juries are the ones who decide the trial’s outcome. Granted, lawyers are often responsible for convincing the plaintiffs to file a case, it seems to me that if you’re really bothered by this sorta thing, you should save a little vitriol for the other players involved.