| December 2004 · Vol. 16, No. 12 LETTERS
John Edwards was right to multiply liability
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Fast Track
“The medical liability problem precedes Edwards by decades.”
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The October editorial by Dr. Robert L. Barbieri on “How John Edwards changed case law and multiplied liability” is confusing. I do not know all of Edwards’ cases, but the one Dr. Barbieri picked to bash him with is totally off the mark, as it actually makes Edwards look real good.
Elective vaginal delivery of a footling breech infant following a 7-hour labor—with or without a nonreassuring fetal heart rate (assuming the diagnosis was timely)—was not and is not the standard of care. Edwards was right to seek compensation from the attending (defendant) physician.
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