California Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 12 of 18

California Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Failure To Give Informed Consent Instruction

November 1, 2016

In its unpublished opinion filed on October 24, 2016, the Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District Division One (“Appellate Court”) reversed a California medical malpractice defense verdict, finding that the trial judge had erroneously failed to instruct the [...]

Surgical Probe Left In Woman Following Gynecological Surgery

October 11, 2016

A California woman and her California medical malpractice attorney are investigating whether to file a medical malpractice claim against a surgeon who allegedly left a surgical probe in the woman following gynecological surgery. They are also considering a medical malpractice claim against the [...]

California Appellate Court Discusses Loss Of Earning Capacity Claim In Medical Malpractice Case

October 8, 2016

In its opinion filed on September 29, 2016, the Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District Second Division (“Appellate Court”) held in a California medical malpractice case involving negligently performed gallbladder surgery that the jury must fix a plaintiff’[...]

Two California Medical Malpractice Cases Against Spinal Surgeon Settled

September 19, 2016

It was announced earlier this month that two California medical malpractice cases against a spinal surgeon were settled in late July 2016 for $4.25 million and $4.2 million, respectively. The spinal surgeon was alleged to have failed to disclose to two of his spinal surgery patients that he had fina[...]

California Inmate Claims He Was Given Antifungal Toenail Medication For His Eyes

September 11, 2016

A California prison inmate filed a state lawsuit against a California prison on August 25, 2016, alleging that the prison doctor intentionally prescribed anti-fungal toenail medication for use in his eyes to treat inflammation, knowing that the medication was inappropriate and could cause harm, whic[...]

California Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For 93-Year-Old’s Hospital Death Settled

August 24, 2016

A California medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit for the death of a 93-year-old hospital patient who died as a result of alleged medical negligence while in the hospital has been settled for an undisclosed amount. The elderly woman’s family had reported the incident to the California De[...]

California Nursing Home Sued For Resident’s Rape

August 7, 2016

On July 22, 2016, the son of a 78-year-old nursing home resident filed a nursing home rape case against his mother’s California nursing home, claiming that an employee of the defendant nursing home raped his mother in September 2015 while she was recovering from knee surgery. The elderly woman[...]

California Nursing Home Lawsuit Alleges Neglect Led To Resident’s Fall And Death

July 10, 2016

A California nursing home negligence lawsuit filed on June 14, 2016 alleges that a California nursing home’s under-staffing and its neglect of a 74-year-old resident led to her fall in February 2016 while she was in her bathroom and her subsequent death one month later while being treated in a[...]

California Supreme Court Discusses Ordinary Negligence Versus Professional Malpractice

May 9, 2016

In its opinion filed on May 5, 2016, the Supreme Court of California (“California Supreme Court”) had to decide whether alleged negligence in the use and maintenance of equipment needed to implement a physician’s order concerning medical treatment sounds in professional negligence[...]

California Hospital Settles Patient Dumping Claim

May 1, 2016

A Los Angeles, California hospital has reached a $450,000 settlement with the City of Los Angeles over allegations that it engaged in patient dumping when it released a homeless man and gave him a bus token in December 2014 after he was treated for a severe infection of his foot, and failed to pro[...]

California Nursing Home Case Alleges Negligent Injuries to Resident, Then Wrongful Discharge

April 30, 2016

A California nursing home case filed on April 4, 2016 by a former nursing home resident alleges that the defendant nursing home committed elder abuse, nursing home negligence, financial abuse, and was negligent in its hiring and supervision of its nursing home staff. The now 60-year-old former nursi[...]

$1M Nursing Home Bedsore Claim Settlement

March 7, 2016

In late February 2016, shortly before the March 4 scheduled start of a California nursing home negligence and elder abuse lawsuit, the parties announced that the defendant California nursing home, which charges residents $100,000 per year for nursing home care and promised its residents that it woul[...]

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