I’m not a lawyer, nor have I ever played one on TV, but I’m pretty sure that not knowing who your patient is or MOST importantly their medical history absolutely could have resulted in the patients death or at least some unnecessary pain and suffering. Any two bit attorney could likely make a threatening enough case to get a settlement here.
While the doctors likely did the best they could, if they gave the patient any meds they were allergic to, or that had negative side effects when mixed with other medication they were taking, or they did not treat a known condition of the patient when their family was literally calling into the hospital trying to locate them only to be turned away by an administrator…
If it makes it past a judge and to a jury you know how it will go. Family crying about not being able to see their loved one before death and possibly even robbed from a chance to save their life, while a hospital administrator hides behind HIPAA and the lawyer pokes holes in their bullshit story that they can’t say whether or not they have a John Doe admitted. That’s likely an easy multimillion dollar verdict which is why they’d likely just settle.
Don’t be a douche. Someone calls in asks if they have any John Does and the hospital does says NO when the answer is YES and then they fucked up.
The goal of the hospital, law enforcement, and every government agency WANTS to connect John/Jane Does with their families. The hospital fucked up and is trying to blame HIPAA when all other hospitals have systems in place to facilitate reconnecting lost family members.
You ask them privately and everyone would admit they fucked up, but because there is a possible lawsuit incoming.
They are charging $4million for a single acre lot in Northwest Hills.
$23.5m/acre adjacent to UT that can connect the baseball fields and graduate housing to the main campus is a great deal and is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
We all know Texas has underachieved. Brown’s final years followed by Charlie Strong really set us back. Herman was basically average and just not ready for a big job.
Not taking anything away from TCU/OSU but having a solid coach in place while Texas was down was great timing for them. But like bullet said, the last 12 years also don’t erase the last 120 years.
I’m curious to see if TCU after Patterson’s players or OSU after Gundy will sustain their success or revert to the mean.
TCU/OSU/Texas all won a single Big 12 title in the past 10-15 years, played for another and lost in the last 5 years (TCU played for 2, you could argue Texas played for a 2nd in 2013). Yes, they both have recent head to head over Texas but let’s not act like their success has been very different outside of TCU’s playoff win last year. These will go down as some of the best years EVER for TCU/OSU while these are the worst for Texas and they aren’t all that significantly different.
You might want to check your match on K State, but yes congrats to TCU and OSU for their wins while UT was wondering in the desert that began when Colt got hurt in the Rose Bowl against Bama.
BYU/UH/UCF/Cincy weren’t a part of the renegotiated CFP deal. I think it’s logical to question them getting full shares ESPECIALLY while the PAC4 is still influx. If the PAC4 invites the 12 teams from the MWC, do they get full shares? In a vacuum it is greedy, but you really don’t want to set that precedent right now.
Most years the Big12 and ACC will have a team in the top 12 too, but in years where they have a #15 champion they’ll be displacing a SEC/B1G. I can’t remember where I saw this but the difference between getting into the CFP versus and regular NY6 bowl is over $50mil in marketing and brand recognition which leads to future enrollment, donations, tickets, etc.
The BCS suffered through horrible autobids from the Big East for year, and they don’t want to see this again.
Yes, because a Longhorn was in the governor’s mansion Texas was able to make this move. To say that no politician was actually going to get involved pretty much ignores the our state heavy handed involvement in the past. Just because they COULDN’T do anything this time doesn’t mean they would not have tried.
The SEC move not leaking until after the regular session and Abbott is what allowed this to go through. To claim no one would ACTUALLY try to block this is purposely disingenuous or ignorant, feel free to take your pick.
Yeah Texas politicians NEVER get involved in conference realignment…
https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/2021/08/16/texas-longhorns-football-join-sec-expansion-southwest-conference-harvey-schiller/5515187001/
https://www.si.com/college/2016/08/16/big-12-expansion-oral-history-big-8-swc-merger
How do you think UH got in the Big 12? They didn’t need more Texas schools…
https://www.texastribune.org/2016/08/10/inside-university-houstons-political-push-join-big/
How do you think aggy was able to leave the Big 12? Do you honestly think it had nothing to do with Rick Perry sitting in the governor’s mansion?
Texas and OU moving to the SEC just so happened to be leaked AFTER the regular session of the State Legislature had completed. The only way they could have stopped this move would be for the governor to call a special session specifically about that topic.
While I know most people here dislike (kind way to put it) Abbott, he was informed of Texas moving to the SEC and with his support behind it the Legislature couldn’t do much more than a dog and pony show. This year’s session was the only chance the lege had to try and block it but by now tempers had cooled and with Abbott still at the helm with veto power, along with the political good will from letting cougar high join, plus the renewal of the UT/aggy game it all worked out.
But you are a dipshit if you think there was a not a real possibility of political shenanigans that could have occurred. Perry politically facilitated aggy getting into the SEC and Abbott did the same for Texas.
Okay I see where I fucked up, slight mea culpa.
My dad is 67 about to be 68 (65 was just stuck in my mind somehow probably just because that was the last big birthday we did together and retirement age and whatnot) and he started mid year so he has 46 years of service.
46 x 2.3 = 105.8
and yes he apparently grandfathered in…
*An individual who, as a TRS member on Aug. 31, 2005, was at least 50 years old, or met the Rule of 70, or had at least 25 years of service credit should use the three highest years of salary for this calculation.
https://www.tcta.org/professional-resources/teacher-employment/benefits/trs-retirement/how-to-calculate-your-standard-trs-benefit
I agree with everything you said I come from a family of teachers (all 4 grandparents, dad, sister, and 2 aunts all teach/taugh) and I honestly think I should have been a teacher but I knew the money wasn’t great so I went into tech.
Still I don’t understand how people think TRS is not sufficient enough when properly utilized. If cost of living in Austin is high (which it is) the how is paying into both TRS and SSI help with that problem.
Not sure why anyone thinks TRS is not enough to live off of. I literally just went with my dad to TRS and helped him file for retirement.
He started teaching at 22 years old. At 62 he started teaching summer school for his last 3 years. He just retired at 65 with 105% of his highest 3 year’s salary (which was his last 3) that’s is good until the day he dies.
I’m not sure what you mother fuckers are smoking but there is no reason someone like him would need social security.
He was a career teacher doing exactly what the system was designed for. It was NOT designed for people who only teach for 20 years (and neither is social security for that matter).
What the ever living fuck. Teacher’s Retirement is more than enough to live off of, why the fuck would they pay social security?????
and yes one of the “proposals” for splitting up AISD into the other 9 local ISDs that border it which sounds like a fuck you Austin plan at first glance but actually might help spread some of the wealth and reduce the recapture total for the area while providing better facilities for the kids.
Based on who proposed this plan I wouldn’t trust it at face value but I’d be curious to see debate on its merits.