I wish I was kidding with this one, but evidently a doctor convinved his patient that he could cure her chronic back pain if she had sex with him. Evidently, his treatments were quite frequent, as he billed her medical insurance for $5,000 worth of these 45-minute sessions. She is now suing the ex-doctor (he's been stripped - no pun intened - of his medical license) for $4 million.

One hot topic in the U.S. recently has been frivolous law suits, especially concerning the medical industry. I would say this suit qualifies as a frivolous law suit. Anyone who is dumb enough to believe a doctor can cure something - anything - by having sex with his patient is deserving of no monetary reward. That having been said, I think he has deservedly lost his license, and is going to have to face criminal charges.

You can read the whole thing here:

Doctor's Revolutionary New Cure (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9584198/)

Boy, and I thought I had seen stupid people. The doctor is a bastard, true, but I feel obliged to congratulate him on this one. :thumb:

In all fairness, the woman should get the money she paid for "the sessions" back, as they didn't improve her back pain. Hey, it could have worked! Orgasms are among the most powerful muscle relaxants in nature. :dr love emoticon:

But nobody should ever get money for being a moron.

I can't fault him :lol: .

I just hope these two don't have a baby. That poor kid would be walking into walls. :nuts:

And sex is only a temporary cure for back pain. Once you're done, it only hurts more.

If she was stupid enough to believe the doctor then she shouldn't get any money. How can one believe in such bull s.? This reminds me of a person who killed a cat in microwave oven (trying to make the cat dry) and was suprized that the cat died. And of course some morons gave her monetary reward cause the was nothing about cat's in the manual. In what kind of world we are living in?

Ermm... wasn't he just a desperate guy pulling a cheesy line on her to get sex? Did he really tell her, in his capacity as a doctor, that sex with him was a proper cure in the medical sense? Good thing he's lost the licence, anyway.

Well, the article doesn't really say if he meant that sex in general would cure her back pain or specifically sex with him would. If it's the latter, it makes her even dumber than I originally thought.

I meant, perhaps he said sex was good for back pain as a cheap come on, not as medical advice, and then the woman misunderstood him?

Impossible to tell that form the article as well. They give the age of the doctor as 47, but do not say how old the woman is. Perhaps she was young, and easily duped by his "professional" advice. However, they do refer to her as a woman indicating that she is at least 18.

From the remainder of the article, since it says he "convinced her", it implies that he was telling it to her as sound medical advice. I don't think it was a pickup line. All indications are that he said it seriously, and it's obvious that she thought he was serious when he said it.

She was 47, he was 50 IIRC.

Old enough to know better then.

Let's just hope the curation was pleasant :D

No-one is that stupid. It seems to me, that the woman obviously wanted to have sex with him and she is suing him because they fell out, or something similar.

Kinda sounds like a planned tactic to me too - to get rich the easy way.

If she was *really* that stupid, well...that's mind-boggling. You'd need a whole new word, "stupid" doesn't suffice.

I wonder how the lawyer's gonna keep from cracking up in the courtroom.

No-one is that stupid.Sadly, I must disagree. Some people are only distinguishable from a potted plant by the fact that they move around a bit more and aren't as pleasant to deal with.

That doctor's an unscrupulous SOB, and should really be up on criminal charges (I'm sure there's a decent case hinging on deceitfully-obtained consent somewhere in that), but the civil suit? Sure, there should be some compensation taken out of that doctor's hide, but $4m, ostensibly for being so stupid as to take that advice seriously?

Get real - you're old enough to know better, and a freakin' moron for believing him. Sooner or later, there's going to need to be insurance against other people's stupidity - although over here, it's partly covered by "public liability insurance". Although... I wonder if it could fall under "Act of God"... now, where's my lawyer?

And here I thought I'd have to get married to get rid of my back troubles. O don't see female doctors telling me that line...

"Massaging me with that warm rod feels nice, but it keeps leaving wet spots on my back... And doctor, is the blindfold really necessary?"

Nice...mmm, wet spots...(cough) I mean EWWW!

If she was *really* that stupid, well...that's mind-boggling. You'd need a whole new word, "stupid" doesn't suffice. Yeah, we're talking really powerful stupid in this case.

I will say this. The doctor is already up on criminal charges - the article metions either assault or battery. I would also imagine he would be charged with insurance fraud. While I don't think that the woman deserves any money for this, I would say that the insurance company deserves to be reimbursed the $5,000 they paid for this ridiculous treatment. Granted, to the medical insurance industry $5,000 is small potatoes, but it doesn't seem right that the doctor should be able to profit from this scheme.

Sadly, I must disagree. Some people are only distinguishable from a potted plant by the fact that they move around a bit more and aren't as pleasant to deal with. Don't let Audrey II here you say that, she'll take extreme offense.

:jawdrop: At first I just read the topic title and wondered if Phizer had come up with a new plan to increase sales of Viagra. :p Visions of local geriatrics doing to hula to get into the mood :borg:

At first I just read the topic title and wondered if Phizer had come up with a new plan to increase sales of Viagra At first I just read the topic title and thought it was a genuine cure for back pain :lol:

Don't let Audrey II here you say that, she'll take extreme offense. Actually, I'd guess her response would be "Cut the crap, bring on the meat!"

Which, depending on how you look at it, may be entirely (in)appropriate for this topic...

Though he pleaded guilty to submitting false health care claims, a felony, Smith maintained the sex with the 47-year-old woman was consensual.Do the doctor said: "the cure consist in 3 seasons per week" or something similar? Maybe she didn't complete the treatment :grin:

Seriously, what it bothers me, is the time and ohter's people jobs is going to be wasted on this; no wonder judges are saying that they have lot of work and lot of cases... :nono:

Neither I am surprised. There is dumb people everywhere and sometimes, even worst cases.

Apparently she was not stupid enough to sue him for 4mio. ;) unless of course the lawyer told her having sex with him would make this possible :D

These cases shouldn't even go to trial - for that matter not even talked about...