Reply #32: Then there was the doc whom Bush had at his side in Ohio...

[MaineDem]

To bolster his argument Mr. Bush introduced a local doctor, Compton Girdharry, to an audience at Youngstown State University. Dr. Girdharry, an obstetrician/gynecologist, said he had been driven from a practice of 21 years by the high cost of malpractice insurance.

The president praised Dr. Girdharry and thanked him for his "compassion."

If Mr. Bush was looking for an example of a doctor who was victimized by frivolous lawsuits, Dr. Girdharry was not a great choice. Since the early 1990's, he has settled lawsuits and agreed to the payment of damages in a number of malpractice cases in which patients suffered horrible injuries.

http://www.cybercopia.com/mavenuniversity/blogs/2004_06_13_archive.html

I heard this on NPR a while ago. I couldn't believe that the White House used this guy as a poster child for frivolous malpractice suits. He was an incompetent doctor! What a joke.