While I want to agree with you, the sad thing is in our current legal climate it's often faster and cheaper to just settle than to take it to trial, fight it there, quite possibly need to fight an appeal, etc. And most doctors probably don't even bother thinking about the occasional malpractice claim these days, as they just bounce it to their malpractice insurance to deal with.
Any malpractice claims settled should disqualify a person from this post. If the claim was without merit, that would have been settled at trial.
While I want to agree with you, the sad thing is in our current legal climate it's often faster and cheaper to just settle than to take it to trial, fight it there, quite possibly need to fight an appeal, etc. And most doctors probably don't even bother thinking about the occasional malpractice claim these days, as they just bounce it to their malpractice insurance to deal with.
Then that doctor should know that they forfeit the chance for such an authoritative position. Opportunity cost.