{"id":222,"date":"2012-03-06T11:08:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T16:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/?p=222"},"modified":"2020-07-28T12:07:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T16:07:32","slug":"2012-03-06-two-recent-negligence-settlements-from-public-service-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/2012-03-06-two-recent-negligence-settlements-from-public-service-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Recent Negligence Settlements from Public Service Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Everyone makes mistakes, even those whose sworn mission is to protect and serve or to do no harm. \u00a0Two settlements were announced this week that demonstrate exactly that. \u00a0In Brooklyn, New York<\/a>, a woman whose doctors’ negligence resulted in the amputation of her arms and legs was awarded $17.1 million. \u00a0In Tallahassee, Florida<\/a>, the negligence of the police concerning a woman who was murdered during a botched drug sting operation led to a $2.4 million settlement for her family. \u00a0In both these cases, the professionals in charge, the ones whose judgement is awarded a certain amount of trust, made bad decisions that led to unfortunate consequences. \u00a0Everyone makes mistakes, but the law in general isn’t there to prevent that. \u00a0Rather, the law and the court system are intended to pursue justice among an otherwise ambivalent world. \u00a0And so, the silver lining: in Florida, a new regulation, called “Rachel’s Law” after the woman in question, was enacted to train policemen better and set up new guidelines in the use of criminal informants.<\/p>\n

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