People are pointing to the doctors’ independence as to why they can’t be pressured in any way. Financial auditors are independent, too, but guess who won’t be getting a six figure audit fee in future years if they piss off the client?

Of course, there are big risks for malpractice, but that’s not always easy to prove. Grey areas can sometimes allow for enough of an opening for tenuous opinions or logic to be applied.

Who’s to say what happened here, but the man collapsed while trying to stand up seconds after hitting his head on the ground pretty hard on Sunday. “Ow, my back!” just seems kinda fishy on the surface, but maybe that’s what it was.