RANT: Dental malpractice insurance rates will go up as a result of this

Saturday, January 3, 2026

https://nypost.com/2025/12/25/us-news/final-photo-of-arizona-man-killed-during-routine-dental-procedure-resurfaces-as-family-settles-wrongful-death-suit/

Final photo of Arizona man killed during routine dental procedure resurfaces as family settles wrongful death suit
By Caitlin McCormack
Published Dec. 25, 2025, 2:24 a.m. ET

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A haunting selfie taken by an Arizona man hours before he suffered a fatal brain injury during a routine dental implant procedure has resurfaced as his distraught parents settled his wrongful death lawsuit.

Derek Swanson, 40, took a picture of himself beaming in a dentist’s chair on March 3, 2023. He captioned the photo: “Yesterday, new car. Today, implant! Fun never stops.”

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The grieving parents are also looking to amend Arizona law to require a dentist and an anesthetist to be present during dental surgery.

The current laws state that a dentist can perform surgery and administer anesthesia without an anesthetist present so long as they have the proper state permit.

“We would like to not have another family go through what we had to go through and are going through and will be for the rest of our life,” Swanson told the outlet.

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I bet all the malpractice insurance rates will go up as a result of this.  If I was an insurance company, then I wouldn’t wait for the politicians and bureaucrats to update their diktats.  I’d be reviewing every individual dental procedure insured, as well as every individual practice’s methods for safety and their results.

The free market, if truly free, would have an “instant” feedback loop of price to adjust for risk.

Argh!

Gooferment is immoral, ineffective, and inefficient. As well as untrustworthy.

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SURVIVAL: Another person is almost a Darwin Award winner

Friday, June 27, 2025

https://nypost.com/2025/06/24/us-news/hiker-rescued-after-falling-out-of-tree-and-getting-lost-in-washington-woods-for-nearly-a-week/

Hiker rescued after falling out of tree and getting lost in Washington woods for nearly a week
By Caitlin McCormack 
Published June 24, 2025, 7:02 p.m. ET

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A hiker survived nearly a week lost in the woods of Washington state, including a fall from a tree, and was finally saved after someone heard his desperate cries for help.

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The man’s calls in the woods of Suquamish were heard by a nearby tribe member who called 911 on Saturday around 12:30 a.m. to alert authorities, the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office said.

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A hiker was rescued after spending four or five days lost in the woods in Washington. Kitsap County Sheriff

When a sheriff’s deputy arrived, he too heard a “faint, distressful voice coming from the woods from a man saying he had fallen from a tree,” the office wrote in a Facebook post.

The deputy quickly helped form a search party with assistance from the Washington Explorer Search and Rescue, Kitsap Search Dogs, Olympic Mountain Rescue, and the Suquamish Tribal Police Department.

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Another person is almost a Darwin Award winner!

Unprepared for a day in the woods; let alone a week.  Sorry but Mother Nature doesn’t forgive foolishness easily.  Look at the number of organizations, amount of human hours, and just the sheer effort.  Who pays for all that?

No compass, no map, no cell phone … …. I could go on and list all the things that he should have had.  Not the least of which is a hiking buddy.

Hiking alone is a sure fire way of winning that Darwin Award!

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