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Resolved Question: Should illegals be filing lawsuits because they are unhappy with medical services when it's all free?
WASHINGTON (AP) Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant Tuesday to allow the family of an illegal immigrant to sue U.S. government doctors personally for claims of shockingly poor medical care.
The federal government has admitted negligence in doctors' poor treatment of Francisco Castaneda, 36, a native of El Salvador who died after his untreated penile cancer spread to the rest of his body. But the government's attorneys insist the doctors are immune from personal liability. A U.S. District Court in California and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed.
At the high court, however, Conal Doyle, an attorney for Castaneda's survivors, seemed unable to convince the justices that the doctors are not protected from personal damage suits if they violated Castaneda's constitutional rights.
Justice Stephen Breyer expressed skepticism about parts of Doyle's arguments. In cases like Castaneda's, Congress decided suing the federal government is the exclusive remedy, he said.
"That's the problem for you in this case," Breyer said.
Attorneys for the doctors and the federal government said Congress in a 1970 law gave immunity to Public Health Service doctors who treat immigrants in detention.
Under that law, Castaneda's survivors can only sue the federal government, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, which bars jury trials and punitive damages and limits economic damages to those allowed under state law. If they sued in California, Castaneda's wife and daughter could be limited to about $250,000 in damages.
A lawsuit against the doctors personally would not be so restricted.
"This is not a case where there is no other relief," said Justice Samuel Alito.
Doyle insisted subsequent laws have curtailed some of the immunity given the government doctors.
But Justice Anthony Kennedy said immunity clauses are intended to make employees secure against both foreseen and unforeseen circumstances.
"If we limit it (the immunity), then Congress would have to re-enact a statute every time there was some new cause of action?" Kennedy asked Elaine Goldenberg, the doctors' attorney.
The gruesome details of Castaneda's poor treatment, which the district court described as "conduct that transcends negligence by miles," were not discussed by the high court.
According to his attorneys, Castaneda was never given a biopsy to diagnose the lesions on his penis that bled and festered. He was treated with ibuprofen, antihistamines and antibiotics and was given extra boxer shorts while in detention. His penis later was amputated but by then the cancer had spread and he died.
http://www2.wjtv.com/jtv/ap_exchange/special_-_medical/article/UsHighCourtWaryOfDetaineeMedicalCareSuitUs/109125/
How come these same illegals are not in Mexico filing any lawsuits over the state of affairs of the country ? Do illegals believe file lawsuits hoping to get thousands of dollars ? Could I file a lawsuit like this in Mexico ?
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Resolved Question: The Sani is placed in the Angles Position, 10th House from Lagna (Kanya) in the native's horoscope.?
The current position of Sani indicates the following:
Favourable / auspicious signs of Sani
* The Sani is placed in the Angles Position, 10th House from Lagna (Kanya) in the native's horoscope.
Unfavourable / inauspicious signs of Sani
* The Sani is the Lord of the 2nd House from Lagna (Makara) in the native's horoscope.
CAN ANY ONE TELL ME WHAT DOES THIS LINES MEAN? What trouble I can get from it? and what is the remedy?
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Voting Question: Question about something in the 1890s.?
In the 1890s, the Louisiana native started losing their locks. Horrified, she came up with a remedy to regrow the missing strands. She ended up selling her Wonderful Hair Grower and other hair products nationwide. Her success made her the first African American to become a self-made millionaire.
Who is she?
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Resolved Question: Does Native Remedies, 'Focus Formula', really work?
I'm a little suspicious of it. Does it really do what it says on the tin, and help your concentration?
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Resolved Question: Do you think affirmative action is RACIST?
Some people say affirmative action makes up for past grievances. Native americans had their land stolen from them, and africans were imported to the new world as slaves. So the descendants of these people should be given special treatment.
The problem with that idea is that hispanics also benefit from affirmative action. Hispanics weren't blatantly mistreated the way blacks/natives were. Also, if you look at the black students at any elite college, a DISPROPORTIONATE amount of them are either immigrants or the children of immigrants. These people's ancestors didn't suffer through slavery! In fact, if you look at the trends of african immigrants alone, they have aome of the highest education levels in america. The few "african" people I've met seemed very smart, smarter than most asians/indians.
Which brings me to my next point. Look it up, and you'll see that asians (both east asians and indians) suffer from affirmative action. A study done showed that being "asian" was equivalent to having 50 points knocked off of your SAT. If affirmative action is supposed to remedy discrimination, indians and asians should be given an easier time as well. But since 40% of doctors here are indian, and all the kids representing the U.S. in international math competitions are chinese, colleges make it harder for "asian-americans" to get in.
Also, doesn't it absolutely SUCK for the really smart blacks and hispanics to have people assume that you got in because of your ethnicity, when really you could have gotten in without any help at all?
That's just my take on this. I think A.A. is just bs that hurts everyone (of EVERY RACE) in some way.
And btw, I am indian; I've experience a fair share of racism, and it is an ugly thing. I wish that people could at least be color blind when it comes to college admissions.
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Resolved Question: What should I do before I move to Japan?
I'm not obsessed with anime or anything. I really love Japan's history, language, and culture. I think it's a beautiful country, and I hope to be able live there someday.
Currently, I am learning Japanese. I don't know anyone who really speaks Japanese, and I don't have a class for it at my high school. It's taking far too long for me. Does anyone know how to help me with this?
I could really pass for Japanese if my eyelids weren't so obviously double. Don't get me wrong. I love my Caucasian and Native American heritage. I just have very ugly set-in creases on the top and bottom eyelids, and my eyes are so big, they can even scare people. I photoshopped my picture so just the creases would not be there, and it looked perfect! I tried to see if I could make it less noticeable by putting makeup on them. But despite my efforts and a whole ton of concealer and lightening powder, it was still just as prominent. Does anyone know how to remedy this problem without surgery? I just don't want to stick out so much when I do go there...
Also, I want to know some of the appropriate ways of acting and anything else I should know. I already am very polite and my family has always taken our shoes off before entering the house.
So sorry for all of the strange questions. If you can help me, it would be very much appreciated. Thank you so much!
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