Miller's Court - The Best Policy #75

DateApril 25 1985

Can DescriptionsMaster Miller's Court X3476 (Hospital Negligence) "The Best Policy" No. 75 Rec. 4-24-85

AbstractMiller's Court; The Best Policy; a doctor sends a patient, who arrived as an emergency, to another hospital because the patient has no insurance; the county hospital accepts the patient but the patient is in severe distress, ultimately causing permanent damage to him; Barry Reed and Charles Nayor represent each side of the question about whether a hospital should have to provide care regardless of patient finances; a jury listens to the arguments provided by each side; the lawyers describe their strategies; jurors are asked about their views; 10 jurors voted for the patient, and 2 voted for the hospital that turned him over to another facility;

OtherIn the studio Arthur Miller, Diane Sherlock, Bob Comiskey, Karen Colbert, Mary Ellen Hayes, Linda Adler, Stephanie Levin, Bruce Goldman, Jam Hakim, Emmons S. Levine, George Ellard, George Nahas, George Manning, Karl Lorencic, Margie McKenna, Chris O'Hae, Richie O'Neill, Jim Watson, Peter Walent, Rob Roy, Doug DeVitt, George Ellard, Howie Rouse, Libe Stril-Rever, Scott Philbrick, Ted Talanian, Michael Grana, Bryan Lans, Alan Ritsko, Ed Andre, Jim Gilbert, Joy McGugan, Ramon Ramos, Ted Reinstein, Amy Heller, Rockne Ragsdale, Eric Menyuk, Netta O'Brien, Stephen Minkofsky, Joseph W. Heston, Paul LaCamera;