Kay Burningham

The series demonstrates interpersonal issues among medical personnel. Importantly, it accurately characterizes (does not discount the event in favor of the medical professionals. Cf. Grey's Anatomy with its transparent pro medicine agenda) a single incident of medical malpractice. The lead is a strong middle-aged professional woman, who is honest, with integrity, but who many label arrogant and cold. I can relate. Overall it depicts physicians and to a lesser degree, staff, as flawed and human. I doubt that many physicians will appreciate the series.

Great job by this documentary film exposing corporate malfeasance in a product liability case. Here, DuPont had known for decades that the synthetic chemical used in their Teflon products was toxic. However, when considering whether to change that chemical to something less injurious, a memo referred to the chemical as "the devil we know" and the company decided against making the change to something unknown. Knowingly failing to address such ongoing toxicity in its products is the very reason for punitive damages under U.S. tort law.