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  Published in: California Law Business In June, 1991 Bruce Fagel filed a medical malpractice suit on behalf of a newborn child who was delivered using forceps and suffered head injuries and paralysis below the neck. The defendants included obstetrician, Dr. Neil Jouvenat, who the insurance company, Southern California Physicians Insurance Exchange, maintained was...

  Published in: USA Today By Rachel Shuster USA TODAY The attorney for the family of Loyola Marymount basketball star Hank Gathers, who collapsed and died during a game March 4, said he won’t file any lawsuit until the NCAA tournament ends April 2. “If somebody is liable for Hank’s death, we can wait,"...

  Published in: Los Angeles Magazine By Samuel Greengard When Santiago and Zoila Cruz brought their newborn son, José, home from the hospital in December 1980, they knew he would never lead a normal life. Doctors said the boy was severely retarded. And, indeed, there was plenty of evidence to support that contention. When...

  Published in: Los Angeles Magazine Why are all these doctors peeling off their whites and picking up briefs? By Samuel Greengard When Santiago and Zoila Cruz brought their newborn son, José, home from the hospital in December 1980, they knew he would never lead a normal life. Doctors said the boy was severely...

  Published in: Daily Journal Monday, October 21, 2002 Jury Awards $59 Million to Girl Brain-Damaged During Birth Walnut Creek Hospital Failed to Make Sure Child Received the Appropriate Care By Joan Osterwalder Caitlin Greenwell is turning 3 today. The girl is permanently brain-damaged from a birth injury, but she may have a happier...