During a Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on Wednesday, numerous physicians, alleging the prescription drug abuse measure (SB 75) would lead to a healthcare crisis, especially among the elderly, in the state, were joined in their opposition by drug manufacturers and industry groups, including the Chamber of Commerce. Even his Democratic colleagues found little in the measure to support during the first hearing on the proposed bill, which Committee Chair Tick Segerblom (D-Las Vegas) developed to make it easier for consumers to file suit against drug manufacturers and healthcare providers if patients becomes addicted to painkillers that were prescribed for them.
Who is Tick Segerblom? A lawyer. A lawyer who works on a contingency basis.
Just sayin’.
Tick Tock. Sue the Doc.
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