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  Published in: Daily Journal By Mandy Jackson - Daily Journal Staff Writer There may be as many wisecracks about doctors' bad handwriting as there are jokes about lawyers, but it's no laughing matter when poor penmanship leads to medication errors. Physicians and pharmacists may be liable when one misreads the other's handwriting, but...

  Published in: Los Angeles Times   As stunts get more daring, injuries have multiplied -- prompting a new push for safety. By Melissa Rohlin Patty Phommanyvong, a cheerleader for Marshall High School in Los Angeles, was thrust into the air while performing a stunt at a football game two years ago. The next...

  Published in: Los Angeles Times By Rong-Gong Lin II and Teresa Watanabe, Times Staff Writers The case of actor Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins, who were reportedly given 1,000 times the intended dosage of a blood thinner at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, underscores one of the biggest problems facing the healthcare industry: medication errors. The...

  Published in: Los Angeles Business Journal Conflicting Sympathies, Complex Cases Mark Malpractice Law By AMANDA BRONSTAD Staff Reporter [PHOTO NOT SHOWN] caption: Results: Malpractice attorneys on both sides struggle to assess value. Fifteen hours after a 35-year-old woman was admitted to an Orange County hospital to have a benign cyst removed by a...

  Published in: Consumer Attorneys of California By Bruce G. Fagel, MD, JD The new California Judicial Council (CJC) Civil Jury Instructions1 offer important changes in the field of medical malpractice. These changes can have significant impact not only on jurors at trial, but also on the trial judge whose understanding of the law...

  Published in: Pasadena Star-News Doctor, medical group must pay $4.3 million. By Marshall Allen - STAFF WRITER PASADENA — A jury found a radiologist and his medical group negligent in the death of a 39-year-old woman who underwent a stomach stapling procedure at Huntington Hospital, and awarded her family $4.3 million. Tracy Mayes...

  Published in: The National Law Journal VOLUME 25, NO. 41 Ten of the nation’s top litigators tell how they prevailed in the ‘Big Case.’ BRUCE G. FAGEL Making sure jurors get the full story By David Hechler STAFF REPORTER ATTORNEY: Bruce G. Fagel FIRM: Bruce G. Fagel & Associates, Beverly Hills, Calif. CASE:...

  Published in: Daily Journal Friday, October 20, 2000 Key to Victory First, Do No Harm Had an anesthesiologist more experience sedating minor patients, a 3-year-old boy may not have ended up in a coma after undergoing a tonsillectomy. By Eron Ben-Yehuda Medical malpractice attorney proves anesthesiologist had much less experience in pediatric surgery...

  Published in: Daily Journal Friday, May 5, 2000 Inside Insight Attorney Bruce Fagel concentrates strictly on medical malpractice. But he has an advantage because he also is a physician and is intimately aware of what goes on in the operating room. By Leonard Novarro Bruce Fagel has an advantage over other attorneys in...

  Published in: Los Angeles Daily Journal Julie Campanini describes the importance of showing the jury a case’s key points during opening statements. Verdicts & Settlements $12 million for a young woman in a coma resulting from inadequate post-operative care. illustrations to convince a jury to award $900,000 to his client, a truck driver...