Medical justice has posted a few frivolous lawsuit stories. My favorite was the neurosurgeon sued for a man who died who never was his patient.

Neurosurgeon received a letter of intent to sue from a patient whose name he could not recall. There was no medical record or billing statement to support that this mystery person had ever been a patient. Suit was filed and an attorney had to be hired to answer the allegation that the patient developed paraplegia from a spinal mass. The neurosurgeon was named because “he was the only neurosurgeon in the community.” The case was not dropped until the plaintiff was deposed and stated under oath he had never heard of this doctor and had no complaints with him.

I hope that none of you are involved in anything so horrible of as a medical malpractice lawsuit. But whatever your circumstances, I hope you had time to give thanks today and are able to put the bad out of your mind and enjoy this weekend with friends and family.