Question

A medical doctor is involved in a $1 million malpractice suit. He can either settle out of court for $250,000 or go to court. If he goes to court and loses, he must pay $825,000 plus $175,000 in court costs. If he wins in court the plaintiffs pay the court costs. Identify the actions of this decision-making problem. Remember, what an action is, something that the decision maker decides to do...

Answer 1

Answer:

there are two different actions in this decision making problem:

1. action 1: go to court and defend himself
2. action 2: settle out of court and pay money to the plaintiff

Explanation:

When you are solving a problem and need to make to a decision, the actions are the result of what decision you finally decided to make. In this case, the doctor can decide to go to court or not. If he decides to go to court, he will have to defend himself in court. If he decides not to go to court, he will need to settle with the plaintiff without engaging in a court trial.