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Current medical procedures generally dictate AT LEAST one 'second opinion' test to rule out, or at least lessen significantly, the likelihood of false positive - which is a statistically significant, if not necessarily 'high', occurance. The second test came back negative, as it should have - thus the possibility of negligence comes into play w/ regard to medical malpractice, but is there enough to prove malfeasance, and to what price do you attribute his 'emotional state' during his treatment? Tough questions, no doubt.
He should be reimbursed for his treatment, but $100MM is an inordinate amount to receive for essentially being given a new lease on life.
THIS SORT OF CASE DRIVES LEGITIMATE MEDICINE INTO RUINS. Sorry guys, it's the truth - what if that money was lessened to say, $20MM - $1MM for the man (over and above the cost to him over the 8 years), and $19MM to treatment/research medicine? Doesn't that make more sense than making a healthy, happy man wealthy beyond his ability to spend???
Jesus Christ, I can't imagine a man 'earning' $100MM through suffering - especially from the VA . . . why not just shut it the f- down while you're at it? No way the VA can afford that kind of cash, and there's a cap on the doctor's malpractice, I assure you.
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