Man tries to commit suicide, sues hospital for saving his life, and wins. WTF???
 

The dude won 90K pounds (about $127K)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ving-life.html

If this had happened in the U.S. the fucker probably would have gotten millions. :(

This entertains me.

that is nutz

your title is misleading homie, he sued for physical damage done by the doctors, not for "saving his life. ;)

he sued because they pumped too much drugs in him and caused damage to his body, just like the woman who won case in america recently .

"'There are not many people who come out of hospital worse than when they went in.'"

hrmm....
i'd think being dead would be far worse than having a gimpy arm..
but thats just me.

"i'd think being dead would be far worse than having a gimpy arm..
but thats just me"

yea but his initial idea was to commit suicide, so by his thinking he is worse then when he started ie. still alive and now with a fucked up arm lol.

See how easily a spin on something can get out of control? News is Notorious for that! :disgust

if he feels he's really worse off alive than dead... why hasn't he simply tried again?

if you have a signed "do not resuscitate" then you can sue

misleading titles rock

damn newspapers :warning

Yeah well I pasted that from somewhere else before I'd read the whole article.

My bad.

Still a fucked up situation though. Lawsuit abuse appears to be a worldwide phenomenon.

Just think how many young people with families will be fired by the hospital to pay this guy.
:mad:

Do the Brits have a DNR equiv?

he did, must not be too good at it., lol

it was a 6 year legal battle, he did try again.

third times a charm....

what are you confused about?

its his life, he can to whatever he wants with it.

assholes from the hospitals 'assumed' he wanted to be saved.

mind your own business next time

omg that's nice buck :)

He was a fucking engineer and couldn't figure how to kill himself? He looks like a total douche too. Surprised some soccer hooligans haven't knifed him yet!

Actually if the paramedics hadn't brought him to the hospital, and the people from the hospital hadn't tried to save him, his family could have sued and would have won. So the people in the health care industry were fucked because this idiot decided to take too many pills.

Don't be such an asshole next time. :321GFY

he just got a hundred grand.... spend it first, then do yourself in lol.

The hospitals lawyers suggested a settlement offer that they just kill the guy.

at least he has something to live for now

correct me if i'm wrong, but this does actually happen right?

the judge should of said get the fuck out of here.

that's fucking crazy!!!

If I want to take my own life, the last thing I need is some assholes 'saving' me

WTF, leave the man alone

:321GFY

Well for some stupid reason suicide is illegal in most places.

Also, if they changed the law to indemnify health care providers for denying care to people who have attempted suicide, then they could "leave the man alone".

Until then, they have to try and save him or the lawsuit would have been much bigger. :2 cents:

(BTW, I for one am totally in favor of you taking your own life and will do everything in my power to stop some assholes from saving you if you choose to do so)

Well that's easy for him to fix, just don't fuck up this time.

well now he can go buy some explosives, and get it right the second time.