Dr Death, which can be found on Peacock. Based on a true story of an inept neurosurgeon in Dallas. Many of his patients that go in for a minor procedure on their spine end up paralyzed or dead.
Duntsch used cocaine and alcohol before he operated, performed unnecessary surgeries, abandoned at least one patient postoperatively, and refused to take a drug test when repeatedly asked to do so. Under his care, one patient died. Two of my friends brought the civil suits against him and the hospital. Baylor made $65,000 on each surgery he performed, and kicked back an additional $50,000 a month to Duntsch. His license has been permanently suspended by the Texas Board of Medical Examiners.
Was it true that Rick Perry, when he was governor, capped the amount awarded in civil suits to $250,000 as was mentioned in the series?
It is a $250,000 cap for non-economic damages like physical pain, mental anguish, and disfigurement. So a parents anguish over the death of a child is capped at $250,000. Perry pushed this through in 2003, and it hasn’t changed since. Only worth $169,000 today, adjusted for inflation.