shakes,

i think she is justified in a suit if her dr's backing her up especially. i would not consider this a "frivolous lawsuit" by any means.

the only time i ever sued anyone in my life was when a pharmacist (come to find out later she had a major substance abuse problem) gave me the wrong drug! the dr had prescribed me an antidepressant and it was generic so i had no way of knowing it was the wrong drug. i called the dr in bad shape about a week and a half later and he said that she'd not only given me the wrong drug, but she'd given me some type of drug at a dosage that would be considered overdose! i lost the entire ten days that i was on it, until i could wake up enough to know something was wrong. i was alone at the time so no one else knew what was happening.

so, yes, i do agree that there's a time and a place when someone needs to be accountable and this sounds like one of those times.

be safe and let us know?

kd