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" I'm sorry to be paying my respects so late in this case. Drew was a student of mine during my years of graduate school at ISU. I also had several classes with him. He was one of the nicest and most polite people I ever had ever met at ISU. With great sadness I would like to send my condolences to his family. I first read this story in 2007 while searching for old classmates. To this day I am still in disbelief over Drew's death. As for Dr. Li, even if no harm was intended in this case, in the future please listen to the requests of the patient and/or the patient's family. Drew could've still been with us today touching many more lives than he already had. "

" You can't put a pricetag on a persons life. Drew was my roomate up until about week before his death and was a very good friend. The medical profession should be held accountable and held to a higher standard then the average profession. They are not dealing with mechanical objects, they deal with lives. Any other profession would have their licence revoked. Why not this profession!!!! "

" Correction: Attorneys do NOT waste their time nor money on" frivolous lawsuits." "

" Most jurors have a hard time finding doctors guilty because they are such important members of society. The ONLY reason premiums rise is because of insurance greed - Do your research!!!! Lawsuits are part of the checks and balances in this country, thus a necessary facet. Attorneys to waste their time nor money on "frivolous lawsuits." My heart goes out to the family and to Dr. Li. Dr. Li is a wonderful doctor, but he is not perfect. "

" Your premiums won't go up but I'm sure the grieving family appreciates your thanks. Dr. Li is a wonderful doctor but like all doctors, has medical malpractice insurance for this very reason. He nor others in his profession are above the law and when an avoidable mistake occurs, the victim's family is entitled to compensation. The really sad thing is that if this case was filed today, the victim's family would only get $500,000.00 because of Tort Reform, regardless of the insurance limits involved. Go Insurance! "

" This case has nothing to do with your health insurace premium except that the kid's estate probably paid his health insurance back. That would work to lower your premium because the insurance Co got its $$ back. What really costs us is all the sick and injured people the careless Dr.s leave for all of us to pay for in the future. "

" At least the doctor spared the Cousins family, and himself, of additional pain by settling. Doctors are not gods and need to be held accountable, just as any other service provider. I'm sure he accepted the patient's insurance money for payment for his services and didn't give a refund. I can't think of any other business that is not held accountable for their performance/product, so why should the medical profession be exempt. No winners here. "

" Dr. Li has worked with on our family before today. Myself, having been employed in the medical profession for over ten years, patient's are not perfect either. In good faith physicians across the country give pain medicine, they prescribe antibiotics, they complete surgeries, with few errors. This wasn't necessarily an error, if the opiates in this young man's body were at toxic levels I would wonder who in his family didn't help with his recovery. It is as much his responsibility to rightfully return to an ER and seek additional help as it is for Dr. Li to change his medications and assist with any drug reactions. It is a hard place, my malpractice insurance is affected, the family is forever at a loss, society as a whole can learn from this, grow together through it or grow apart because of it. My condolences to the Li family and to the Cousins family. "

" Very sad that this man passed away because of knee surgery, but people die. Hasn't anyone seen ER? "

" Dr. Li and his nurses are wonderful people. Dr. Li is one of the most caring individuals I have ever met. He has wonderful bedside manner, which is hard to find these days. This was truly an accident. Yes, it was avoidable and shouldn't have happended but then again aren't most mistakes in life avoidable? Every physician has made a mistake at some point in their career. I am sure this has deeply affected Dr. Li. He has done hundreds of surgeries that have ended perfectly. You can't judge his abilities on something that wasn't entirely his fault. "

" Dr. Li repaired my shattered ankle in 2003 and he did an incredible job. Medicine is not a perfect science and sometimes things can go wrong, people are human. Anyone who has an expectation of total perfection in medical treatment is living in la la land. You take your chances, whether you're aware of it or not. My heart goes out to the family who will soon find out the that the funds will not really ease their pain. My heart goes out to Dr. Li, whom I know to be a good man. I'd have him work on me or my family members in a heart beat. "

" better to settle than plead your innocence before an I am jealous of your income jury "

" I had surgery from Dr. Li in 2003 and everything went very well. Interesting to read about this now! "

" My boyfriend had knee surgery by Dr. Li in 2005. Everything went well, but I wish we were aware of this lawsuit beforehand, so we could have found another doctor! "

" That's really an unfair comment. This is the tort system and this is how it works. They would not have agreed to this settlement if it wasn't in the business's best interest anyway. "

" No wonder half the people in this country can't afford health insurance. Now I get to pay even higher medical insurance premiums because of how the system works. Thanks a lot... "