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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Is there immense pressure to fire someone considering the threat of lawsuit?
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Firing the individual generally does little to relieve the consequences of a lawsuit, at least from a practical standpoint - plaintiff's counsel will simply rail against the firing as 'proof' that the hospital knew the mistakes were egregious and so on.
Most would use the suicide as further evidence of same, although you might need kid gloves there.
Either way, I doubt their liability carrier would have the sway to 'force' a firing, especially if it isn't written into the hospital's regulations. Purely administrative.
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