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California Medical Malpractice Verdict For Obstetrical Malpractice

June 8, 2012

On April 20, 2012, a California medical malpractice jury awarded $74,525,000 to the family of a newborn who suffered a permanent, life-changing brain injury leading to the baby’s cerebral palsy in 2009. The majority of the jury’s award will go towards the payment of the medical expen[...]

Two Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed Against California Nursing Home

April 1, 2012

A California nursing home in Northern California recently had two medical malpractice wrongful death cases filed against it for the deaths of two of its residents that occurred during 2011. Case No. 1 In the first case, a man was admitted into the hospital in January, 2011, for treatment of his k[...]

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[...]

California Nursing Home Medical Malpractice Turns Criminal

March 19, 2012

A 77-year-old Alzheimer’s patient, who had been married to her 81-year-old husband for 60 years, was admitted into a California nursing home for care so that she could recover from pneumonia. At the time of her admission to the nursing home, it was known that the woman was prone to chronic[...]

California Hospital Malpractice Results In Suffocation Death — And $100,000 Fine

February 2, 2012

According to California health regulators, the long-term nursing unit of a California hospital was responsible for the negligent medical treatment and death of an 81-year-old woman in June, 2011, who had a breathing tube in her throat. The investigative report determined that the nurse who was c[...]

California Doctor Discipline Is Dismal

January 3, 2012

While doctors relentlessly attack medical malpractice lawsuits as “frivolous,” it is a statistical fact that doctors with more than one medical malpractice claim or disciplinary action are responsible for a disproportionate number of medical malpractice claims. Therefore, doctors with di[...]

Los Angeles Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death From Misdiagnosed Heart Attack

December 21, 2011

When a 51-year-old man had severe chest pains, he called his doctor. Instead of advising his patient to immediately go to a hospital emergency department, the doctor scheduled his patient to come to his office a few days later. At the time of the office visit, the doctor gave his patient an electroc[...]

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