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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: San Francisco Chronicle By: Jamie Court and Bruce Fagel A child checks into the hospital and something goes terribly wrong. Within the first few days, the family is given a grim prognosis and pressured to turn off life support. This happens more often than you think in California hospitals, not just...

  Published in: San Francisco Chronicle By: Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer A Redwood City family can sue the nation's largest manufacturer of fetal vacuum extractors for alleged responsibility for serious injuries to a newborn baby in 1997, a state appeals court has ruled. The Court of Appeal in San Francisco ruled this week...