{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable","title":"Why the Courthouse Door Is Closed to 99% of Medical Malpractice Victims | AdvoKAYte S2 Ep. 14","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":766,"description":"Preventable medical errors affect patients at every stage of life. From the most vulnerable newborns to people in their final days. But the question of who gets harmed and the question of who can actually do anything about it have very different answers.\nIn this episode, Kay Van Wey delivers one of the most direct conversations this podcast has had about the legal reality facing victims of preventable medical errors: why the courthouse door is effectively slammed shut for 99% of them, what decades of tort reform have actually done to patient rights, and why most people had no idea their rights were being stripped away while they slept.\nThis episode is for the 1% who have a viable case and need to hear why it matters to pursue it. And it is for the 99% who called every lawyer in town and were turned away, because they deserve an explanation, and they deserve to be angry about it.\nBy watching this episode you will understand:\nWhy preventable medical errors affect every stage of life and why no patient population is protected\nWhy the courthouse is effectively closed to 99% of victims of preventable medical errors, and what that actually means in practice\nHow decades of tort reform have stacked the legal system in favor of healthcare providers and against patients\nWhy most lawyers won't take a medical malpractice case, and why that is not about laziness or greed\nWhy the 1% with viable cases should pursue litigation even when it feels wrong to do so\nWhat the 99% who can't get into court should do instead, and why their anger is the most important force for change\nWhy medical malpractice lawsuits matter beyond money, and how they have changed hospital policies and saved lives\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\nCHAPTERS\n0:00 Introduction\n0:39 Who Is Most Affected by Preventable Medical Errors\n1:31 The Bigger Question: Who Can Actually Do Something About It\n1:57 How Tort Reform Created a David vs. Goliath Legal System\n3:33 Why Medical Malpractice Law Is Not Dead But the Courthouse...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ACUAWAuskVZB96h477ijBkGBeQ9EEPkCx3DKXf9k02I/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82ZTc2/ZDE3MDBjM2IwMDhm/M2YwOTc0Mjk2OTZk/MDc3My5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}