On: Tunnels in the US cost more than anywhere else

[syndacks]

"If anything ever happens to you, someone owes you money" -- genuinely curious what happens in Europe. There must be malpractice laws that would make someone liable for something if they mess up big time, no? Is it simply that the payouts are smaller?

[realityking → syndacks]

Malpractice law exists but the sums are _a lot_ lower.

Case in point here’s a news article from last week about the settlement for a young man who had a kidney removed instead of his spleen: https://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/bremen-stadt_artikel,-ges...

The judge called it unbelievable and truly outrageous.

He’s set to receive 90k Euro for pain and suffering + indemnification for any future issues with his surviving kidney.