My family's Doctor was one of the first wave of doctors to have their careers destroyed by outrageous malpractice awards.
All the great work he did, the late night house calls, the lives he saved as an EMERGENCY DOCTOR [yes family doctors back then were also emergency doctors available at all hours by their clients] was wiped out "just like that".
Good ole Doctor Erlwein did it all...even lab work with a microscope and a centrifuge that he kept in his office.