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New California Supreme Court Case Regarding Medical Malpractice Damages

December 17, 2014

In a case decided on December 15, 2014, the Supreme Court of California held that the $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages imposed by Section 3333.2, subdivision (b) of MICRA (“Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975”) applies only to judgments awarding noneconomic damages ([...]

Is There New Hope For California Medical Malpractice Victims?

July 31, 2013

California has one of the most unfair, draconian caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases that has not changed in nearly 40 years (the price of gasoline in California in 1975 was 58.7 cents per gallon (source) when the California Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act was enacted[...]

San Francisco $1.138 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict

September 18, 2012

On September 12, 2012, a San Francisco, California medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the total amount of $1,138,000 in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiffs. The medical malpractice trial lasted one month in the Superior Court during which the medical malpractice jury heard testim[...]

California Medical Malpractice Verdict For Migraine Treatment That Caused A Stroke

March 24, 2012

On March 19, 2012, after more than three weeks of trial, a California medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $22 million in favor of a woman who suffered a debilitating stroke as a result of an invasive and risky diagnostic procedure recommended by her doctors for her life-long[...]

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New California Supreme Court Case Regarding Medical Malpractice Damages

Is There New Hope For California Medical Malpractice Victims?

San Francisco $1.138 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict

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