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The medical world in sports is tiptoeing through uncertain times, with money issues threatening to compromise the quality of care given finely tuned athletes. Skyrocketing premiums for malpractice insurance, increased liability and the selling of rights to be team doctor potentially bode for less than the best medical care available to players.
Observers say there's no significant increase in the number of malpractice suits filed by pro athletes. But headlines of the $100 million wrongful death suit filed by the widow of Minnesota Viking Korey Stringer, set for trial in June, and a $1.37 million verdict in Dave Babych's suit against the Philadelphia Flyers' team doctor grab the attention of every physician who sets foot in a locker room. more...
Observers say there's no significant increase in the number of malpractice suits filed by pro athletes. But headlines of the $100 million wrongful death suit filed by the widow of Minnesota Viking Korey Stringer, set for trial in June, and a $1.37 million verdict in Dave Babych's suit against the Philadelphia Flyers' team doctor grab the attention of every physician who sets foot in a locker room. more...