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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 Jury Awards $4.5M For Defective Hip Implant

June 20, 2015

On June 12, 2015, after an eight-day trial, a 12-member California jury deliberated for more than a day before it awarded the plaintiffs $4.5 million in compensatory damages after finding that the manufacturer of a hip implant, Wright Medical Technology Inc., defectively designed the hip prosthesis[...]

California Medical Malpractice Whistleblower Files Lawsuit After His Termination

May 7, 2015

On April 17, 2015, a California cardiac perfusionist filed a wrongful termination and retaliation lawsuit against the hospital where he had worked alleging that he was fired after he had reported to the hospital that a cardiac surgeon allegedly left the operating room while his patient was stil[...]

California Appellate Court Remands For Proper Calculation Of Medicaid Lien On Medical Malpractice Settlement Proceeds

April 9, 2015

In its published written opinion filed on April 2, 2015, the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District Division One State of California (“Appellate Court”) held that the methodology employed by the trial court in determining a claim for reimbursement made by California’s State D[...]

California Appellate Court Upholds Plaintiff’s Verdict In Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis Case

March 2, 2015

In its decision rendered on January 29, 2015, the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, District One, State of California, upheld a verdict in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiffs in a case involving the misdiagnosis of breast cancer in a woman who had an extensive family history of b[...]

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 ([...]

California Hospital Sued For Medical Negligence Leading To Amputations

December 15, 2014

On December 11, 2014, a California woman filed a medical malpractice case against a California hospital, alleging that medical negligence required her to have amputations over a period of years following the successful bone marrow transplant she had in 2004. According to her California medical ma[...]

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