California Medical Malpractice Archives - Medical Malpractice Lawyers

$7.8M California Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Settlement

October 5, 2026

A California birth injury medical malpractice claim against a hospital and a delivering physician for the permanent neurological injuries suffered by a now 4-year-old due to the alleged negligent failure to monitor and manage the labor and delivery when faced with prolonged fetal distress was recent[...]

California Supreme Court Holds Voluntary Dismissal Of Medical Negligence Claims Forfeited Right To Appeal

September 25, 2026

Glenn Maniago (Maniago) worked as a surgical technologist in a cardiac catheterization laboratory. On March15, 2023, Maniago was called in to assist Dr. Praveen Panguluri with a surgery on a patient who was suffering from cardiac arrest. As part of his job duties, Maniago prepared a “splash bin,�[...]

$110M Assisted Living Verdict For Death Due To Hyperthermia

July 12, 2026

A Sacramento County California jury awarded $110 million to the family of a woman who died of hypothermia after she wandered outside the Greenhaven Estates in Sacramento, an assisted living facility, where she had been a resident for more than five years because she was suffering from Alzheimer̵[...]

California Doctor Criminally Charged With Baby’s Circumcision Death

May 31, 2026

It has been reported that a doctor in California has been criminally charged with involuntary manslaughter arising from the death of a two-day-old infant after he allegedly administered a narcotic instead of an anesthetic prior to performing a circumcision. The parents also filed a medical malp[...]

$15M California Nursing Home Pressure Ulcer Verdict

March 13, 2026

On January 13, 2026, a Solano County, California nursing home negligence jury returned its verdict in excess of $15 million to the family of a 96-year-old woman who died on October 2, 2019 at home after developing pressure ulcers on her lower back and buttocks that allegedly were not properly diagno[...]

California Appellate Court Rules Summary Judgment Appropriate For Orthopedic Surgeon In Hip Replacement Surgery Malpractice Action

January 7, 2026

Sean Guarino filed a California medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Jacob Tauber on May 26, 2020, alleging causes of action for medical malpractice and lack of informed consent. Guarino alleged that between approximately September 2018 and May 2019, Dr. Tauber negligently and carelessly examined[...]

California Supreme Court Discusses Enforcement Of Arbitration Agreements In Nursing Home Cases

September 28, 2025

As a general rule, plaintiffs cannot be compelled to arbitrate their disputes if they have not previously agreed toarbitration. But in Ruiz v. Podolsky (2010) 50 Cal.4th 838 (Ruiz), the California Supreme Court identified an exception for certain wrongful death claims based on medical malpractice. I[...]

California Supreme Court Holds Medical Malpractice Laws Do Not Apply In Ambulance Crash Case

September 12, 2025

The Supreme Court of California stated in its July 31, 2025 Opinion: “We granted review in this matter to decide whether the statute of limitations for medical professional negligence claims within the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (Code Civ. Proc., § 340.5)1 applies to an action for[...]

California Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Negligent Knee Surgery Led To Leg Amputation

May 13, 2025

A California medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed by Wayne Wolff and his wife, alleging that Dr. Dean Wang, a UCI Medical Center orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports medicine, diagnosed him with a left medial meniscus tear and mild knee arthritis, after which performed knee surgery on [...]

California Appellate Court Slashes $29.5M California Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Chiropractor To $250K

April 22, 2025

In 2018, then 14-year-old Jake Drost—who had a pre-existing heart condition—died from cardiac arrest after participating in a 100-yard dash for his school’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. Before Jake began participating, Shamus Sheridan, a licensed chiropractor, screened an[...]

California Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendant Due To Deficient Expert Report

April 21, 2025

Plaintiff Sabrina Zaragoza appealed from the summary judgment entered in favor of defendant Dr. Nadir Adam in a California medical malpractice action. Plaintiff contended that Dr. Adam was not entitled to summary judgment because his medical expert failed to provide a reasoned explanation for his op[...]

California Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Case Filed After One-Year Statute Of Limitations Expired

March 21, 2025

California Code of Civil Procedure section 340.5 mandates that a plaintiff must file a claim for medical malpractice within three years of the date of injury or one year after the plaintiff discovers, or through the use of reasonable diligence should have discovered, the injury, whichever occurs fir[...]

1 2 3 4 5 6 … 18 »

Category: California Medical Malpractice