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http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/04/ritter.trial.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories 

“His family is suing Lee and a radiologist, Dr. Matthew Lotysch, who did a body scan on Ritter two years earlier, for $67 million. The current lawsuit follows settlements with the hospital and eight other medical personnel for about $14 million”

I like John Ritter, he was funny, but his death and wife’s lawsuit are no laughing matter.  I think the whole system is broken, and his wrongful death lawsuit is a perfect example.

John Ritter had plenty of money, he probably had a great life insurance policy, and his greedy wife needs more.  So he died, in the care of a doctor, that had known him for literally minutes of his life. The first question that needs to be asked, are doctors “God”? NO.  Do doctors like to fail when helping people, or better yet, like to kill people? No and No.  Should a doctor, and the health care system be responsible for the deaths of all people? No. 

So why then, should minutes of a persons life, be 100% the responsibility of the health care system?  Why should the broken system have to pay $67 Million dollars to the widow of John Ritter?  Is that fair? NO.  Is John life more valuable than the rest of ours? No. Is it more valuable than a soldiers? No.

WHY then do ”WE” accept these greedy lawyers, the greedy clients, and the outrageous lawsuits to be legal and just in our society?