California medical malpractice lawyers Archives

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,�[...]

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 Holds Separate MICRA Caps Apply To Wrongful Death And Survival Claims

March 18, 2025

In October 2023, Joely Ng filed a complaint against the Los Alamitos Medical Center, Inc. and certain doctors alleging that Ng’s husband, Kenneth Ng, was admitted to the Medical Center in December 2022 due to a malfunction of his G-tube. In the emergency room, one of the defendant doctors repl[...]

California’s Physicians Make Decisions Act Went Into Effect On January 1, 2025, Limiting AI Health Claims Decisions

February 22, 2025

In recent years, insurers have increasingly turned to AI to process claims and prior authorization requests. While these tools can improve efficiency, they also raise concerns about inaccuracies and bias in healthcare decision-making. Errors in algorithm-driven denials of care have, in some cases, r[...]

California Wrongful Death Lawsuit Alleges Cap From Medication Vial Unknowningly Lodged In Patient’s Throat In The Operating Room, Leading To her Death

January 31, 2025

A 76-year-old mother of two and grandmother of three was brought to the hospital on November 4, 2023 after she fell at home and shattered her ankle. She underwent emergency surgery after which she was placed on a ventilator for three days. After she was removed from the ventilator, she complained th[...]

California Appellate Court Rules Legal Malpractice Claim Arising From Botched Medical Malpractice Claim Was Filed Too Late

November 18, 2024

After Ashlyn Lashinsky replaced her medical malpractivce lawyer, Kroger-Diamond, with new counsel, the personal injury defendants obtained summary judgment on grounds the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) one-year statute of limitations barred Lashinsky’s negligence claim, and Lashins[...]

California Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Death Due To Undiagnosed Bowel Perforation After Kidney Transplant Surgery

October 15, 2024

The two adult children of a 76-year-old man who underwent what appeared to be successful kidney transplant surgery on April 28, 2023, after their father had been on kidney dialysis for two years, have filed a medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit in California. The day after surgery, stents wer[...]

$28.7M California Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failed Intubation Leading To Permanent Brain Injury

April 23, 2024

During early February 2024, a Los Angeles medical malpractice jury returned its verdict after a two-week trial in the amount of $28,724,350.29 for the 56-year-old plaintiff. The jury found that the man became paralyzed and suffered permanent brain injury requiring him to have 24-hour nursi[...]

CooperSurgical Sued For Allegedly Defective Embryo Culture Media That Destroyed Couple’s Embryos

March 19, 2024

A Complaint filed on January 4, 2024 in the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles against CooperSurgical, Inc. The Cooper Companies, Inc., and others alleges, in part: Defendants’ defective product and negligent conduct destroyed Plaintiffs’ precious and irreplaceable embryo[...]

California Appellate Court Overturns JNOV In Medical Malpractice Case But Does Not Reinstate $4M Verdict

June 7, 2023

Court Does Not Reinstate $4M Verdict: In its Opinion filed on April 19, 2023 in a medical malpractice wrongful death case in which the patient died shortly after having a Brazilian butt lift surgical procedure, the Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District Division Five (&[...]

$14.42 Million Verdict Against Health Net For Patient’s Opioid Addiction

December 17, 2022

$14.42 Million Verdict Against Health Net For Patient’s Opioid Addiction: On December 12, 2022, a California jury returned its verdict in favor of plaintiff Elaine Courtney in the amount of $14.42 million ($6.92 million in compensatory damages and an additional $7.5 million in punitive damages[...]

California Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Fails to Rebut Defendant’s Medical Expert Declaration, Loses Summary Judgment

October 16, 2022

Plaintiff Fails to Rebut Defendant’s Medical Expert: Normally, the question of whether a medical professional’s care and treatment of a patient fell within the standard of care or caused the plaintiff’s injuries is a matter that can only be established through expert testimony. California [...]

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