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  Published in: Los Angeles Times By Geoff Boucher SPECIAL TO THE TIMES SANTA ANA— A child who was nearly smothered and left brain-damaged when her sedated mother rolled atop her during breast-feeding two years ago was awarded $5.9 million Tuesday by a jury who decided that nurses at UCI Medical Center in Orange...

Published in: LA Daily Journal A Superior Court jury awarded a boy and his family $5.6 million after he was left severely disabled by an anesthesiologist who continues to practice, the boy’s lawyer said Tuesday. A jury decided Monday that Dr. Thomas Mitchell was negligent in causing severe, permanent brain injuries following elective tonsillectomy...

Published in: The Antelope Valley Times By The AV Times Staff LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles Superior Court jury on Friday returned a verdict in favor of a 26-year-old woman who suffered severe brain injuries after treatment at Palmdale Regional Medical Center. The jury awarded Dioresly Lora $15 million, according to her attorney...

Published in: Daily Breeze Woman sues Torrance hospital, 8 doctors Infection leads to loss of arms, legs By Larry Altman, Staff Writer A South Bay woman who lost her arms and legs to a massive infection following a hysterectomy at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance filed a malpractice lawsuit Tuesday...

Published in: Medical Economics How I pick the doctors I'll sue By: Berkeley Rice A conversation with plaintiffs' attorney Bruce Fagel, MD, JD When doctors meet a malpractice plaintiffs' attorney, they don't get a warm-fuzzy feeling. When they meet Bruce Fagel, however, they don't know what to think because he's definitely "one of them,"...

Published in: Los Angeles Times Court: Centinela Hospital and its nurses are held responsible for baby’s brain damage, although a doctor was present when signs of trouble appeared during labor. By JEAN MERL - TIMES STAFF WRITER A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday decided that Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood should pay more...

  Published in: Daily Journal 5/2/13 Daily Journal - California's Largest Legal News Provider Wednesday, May 1, 2013 Legislators should up damages cap to improve patient care The state Legislature is now considering legislation that would transfer the investigative and enforcement authority over California doctors from the Medical Board of California to the attorney...

  Published in: Daily Journal Thursday, September 27, 2012 Health care safety and the culture of silence Two articles from opposite ends of the political spectrum were published about health care in the same week. Newsweek's article in their Sept. 24 magazine was titled "Hospitals Can Kill You," and the Wall Street Journal article...

  Published in: Daily Journal Wednesday, November 9, 2011 The verdict is in: Lessons learned from the Michael Jackson trial A doctor administering a powerful anesthetic agent to a patient in a home setting without vital sign monitors or resuscitation equipment is such an extreme departure from any acceptable standard of care that even...

  Published in: Daily Journal Friday, December 17, 2010 Lawyers Track Electronic Health Data By Emma Gallegos When an Oakland doctor prescribed a blood thinner to a patient in Highland Hospital's emergency room in October 2007, he did something that's increasingly common: he ordered it electronically. But the doctor hit the wrong button and...