THE CITIZEN JUNE 15- 21,1986
a amazoo couple figh
medical lncompetance
Cont nued from P g. 1
coffin. he never id a word
to anyone. But her message
went to the heart of our con­
cern ."
Since ..1.. was founded
in ugu 19 5, membership
in the i higan organization has
elled to roughly 400 mem-
ber. Bill Coleman ha sin
retired s the he d of . .I.M.;
P ition t en up by nn
proull.
H .A.1. me member
herry
It 1 more active in the
f the
are of ctivi-
nd often a cu member
..1. of being p id by
la yer to attend meeting. But
in truth ..1. is financed
by fund rai rs, and by mem­
bers; ften tho who have won
litigated ca ourt," she
add.
Sherry Fletcher, who was
b m in alamazoo, m e her
livin as a freelance medical/
legal investigator, working for
veral lawyers throughou t
ichigan.
"I get a lot of mai f m
people," she confides, 'talking
about the high price of medical
care. One I dy rote recently
and told me both of her legs
were bro en by nurse because
she refused t get out of bed
after rgery.'
, We re not anti-do tor '
Sherry c nelude, , e're pro­
victim. e will go after the
manufa turer for fal e mislead­
ing claim that le d to injury.
e will fter the doctors in
ca f negligence. nd we're
on ur ay to the p 11 t make
people re f the Re gan
admini trati n' ttempt t put
a ap n liabilit laim.'
Th tissue i t d to b
on the ball t
and if pa sed
tends will nearly m nu-
facturers a li en - after a
certain amount of damage is
paid for - t manufacture
defective devices and bad medi­
cines ith impunity.
'If that happens, e will
be even more at rthe mercy of
the medical profe sion than
we are now." t
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