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kestrel91316

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5. Actually I was really starting to see her as more of a victim of an employer who utterly failed in

Reply to Fumesucker (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 19, 2014, 10:35 PM

Oct 2014

their obligation to train her in infectious diseases, and perhaps as someone who never learned enough about infectious diseases in nursing school because of poor curricula.

But this news bothers me. The part about the mean comments. REALLY??

IMHO they have EVERY reason to go after the freaking negligent hospital. Going after people's speech when we have a First Amendment is beyond the pale. My anger now is against the ambulance chasers if this is what they are doing.

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Nurse Amber Vinson (or her family?) hires DC lawyer Billy Martin? [View all] Fumesucker Oct 2014 OP

They want a buffer from the media frenzy, can't blame them for that, elleng Oct 2014 #1

Oh are they going to sue everybody who said mean things about her? kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #2

You come across as really having it in for her Fumesucker Oct 2014 #3

Actually I was really starting to see her as more of a victim of an employer who utterly failed in kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #5

It's interesting that you didn't see it that way from the beginning Fumesucker Oct 2014 #10

Oh really? lunasun Oct 2014 #4

People are entitled to their opinions always. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #6

And sometimes they wind up having to $ pay for them later lunasun Oct 2014 #9

Mental anguish from people's OPINIONS of her is not something she will win on in court. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #11

She is now the public person. LisaL Oct 2014 #14

Sorry, she absolutely is NOT a public person. hedda_foil Oct 2014 #20

When her name was publicized she became a public person. LisaL Oct 2014 #22

i wonder if the lawyer contacted the family first and convinced them JI7 Oct 2014 #7

I'd almost bet money on it. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #12

Given what I'm hearing it probably wasn't very hard to convince them Fumesucker Oct 2014 #13

I don't blame her family Texasgal Oct 2014 #8

The statement released today seemed professionally written LeftInTX Oct 2014 #15

Releasing anything that isn't professionally written is just asking to get ripped Fumesucker Oct 2014 #16

As far as I have found, I have never read one report on her condition. morningfog Oct 2014 #17

Doctors are prohibited by HIPAA to comment on her condition unless she authorizes them. LisaL Oct 2014 #18

She is in stable contidion KMOD Oct 2014 #19

The #%^*ers are trying to shift blame onto the people responsible MannyGoldstein Oct 2014 #21