Re: Lawsuit questions need for Lipitor

Susan <nevermind@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in part:

>x-no-archive: yes
>
>Jim Chinnis wrote:
>
>> Well, that's the problem. Injuries and harm will always come from drugs. And
>> in the US the legal system is in need of reforms to reduce the suits from
>> people who get harmed when there is no negligence or malfeasance on the part
>> of the manufacturer or physician.
>
>But that's why we have courts; to judge the facts about whether
>malfeasance and/or negligence exists. It's not infallible, and certainly
>quite a few meritless cases make it through the system. Same is true of
>our criminal courts; perhaps we should stop prosecuting criminals til
>we're batting 1000 there, too?

I think we're discussing law instead of medicine now. Suffice it to say that
juries tend not to understand science and the arcane tangle of subgroup
analyses, post hoc tests, significance levels, and the like. The OP (you)
described a suit against the maker of a drug because analysis of the
statistical data is claimed (I guess) not to show that the drug helped a
subgroup to which the plaintiffs belong, whilr the maker included that
subgroup in its advertising. Something of that sort.

A good example of a suit that shouldn't see light of day, IMO.

Surely we can have courts and suits without providing the keys to Fort Knox
to attorneys? The system needs repair.
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA
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