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  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 [PHOTO NOT SHOWN] caption: QUOTABLE ‘I’ve been here 13 years, and I’ve never seen morale so low.’ Willis Shalita, the union president in San Francisco and a State Bar investigator. Today’s issue of Verdicts and Settlements profiles Bruce G. Fagel, left, of Bruce G. Fagel & Associates, and, in...

  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...

  Published in: Contra Costa Times By Claire Booth TIMES STAFF WRITER MARTINEZ — A jury found John Muir Medical Center negligent and awarded $59.3 million to the family of a Bay Point toddler injured during birth at the hospital. Caitlin Greenwell has severe cerebral palsy because of actions nurses took just before her...

  Published in: Oakland Tribune By Douglas Fischer STAFF WRITER A Contra Costa County jury awarded $59.3 million Wednesday for future medical care to the family of a girl born permanently brain damaged, saying the nursing staff at Walnut Creek’s John Muir Medical Center failed to notice a high-risk labor and could have prevented...

  Published in: The Sun [Photo not included: caption: Eric Brown Jr.] By FELISA CARDONA A San Bernardino Superior Court jury awarded $43.5 million Thursday to a 19-month-old boy who suffered brain damage after he was left unattended in his hospital crib. Community Hospital of San Bernardino was sued by Eric Brown Jr. of...

  Published in: The Press-Enterprise SAN BERNARDINO: He suffered brain damage at Community Hospital. The money will fund his care. By Sharon McNary SAN BERNARDINO — A jury on Thursday awarded $43.5 million to provide lifetime care for a baby boy who suffered brain damage while a patient at San Bernardino Community Hospital. San...