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Hiring a medical malpractice attorney in California will generally cost you nothing up front. These lawyers typically work on a contingency fee basis, which means they only get paid if they recover compensation for you. Instead of hourly billing, the lawyer receives an agreed percentage of the settlement or jury verdict they secure on...

  Published in: The Orange County Register Huntington Beach woman suffered brain injury after surgery at UCI Medical Center in 2003. By GWENDOLYN DRISCOLL, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER [PULL QUOTE]: “It shows how devastatingly injured she was. It may sound like a lot of money but it’s merely reflective of the amount of medical...

  Published in: The Orange County Register A Huntington Beach woman whose breast cancer was ignored by doctors for two years won a $625,000 malpractice judgment against FHP Inc. on Thursday in Orange County Superior Court, her attorney said. Antoinette Sullivan, 41, a bookkeeper with the Fountain Valley School District, sued the Fountain-Valley based...

  Published in: The Orange County Register COURTS: $5.9 million awarded to brain-damaged girl. By STUART PFEIFER An Orange County Superior Court jury ordered UCI Medical Center on Tuesday to pay $5.9 million for failing to protect a newborn girl who nearly suffocated after her mother fell asleep while breast-feeding. Jessica Chapman, now 2½,...