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  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: Southern California Physician Federal malpractice tort reform is on the table, but it includes a worrisome provision to eliminate join and several liability. BY BRUCE G. FAGEL, MD, JD   When the California Legislature enacted the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) in 1975. it did not change pan of tort...

  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: Daily Journal Caps Provide Incentives to Terminate Babies' Life Support Forum Column By Bruce G. Fagel Much of the debate about tort reform has focused on limiting noneconomic damages to $250,000. The traditional argument in favor of this position claims that such a cap would reduce the cost of malpractice insurance....

  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 Wednesday, October 31, 2001 Liberty on Hold Families of Victims Need Help, Not Lawsuits By Bruce G. Fagel In the coming months, there will be a growing debate about changing our civil and criminal justice system in response to the events of Sept. 11. Amid these concerns, some attorneys...

  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...

  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...