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  Published in: Los Angeles Times The payment to a formerly homeless woman whose son was deprived of oxygen during birth is the largest malpractice settlement in several years, a spokesman says. By Abby Sewell November 6, 2013, 9:29 p.m. Los Angeles County will pay $7.5 million to the formerly homeless mother of a...

Published in: The Sacramento Bee UCDMC malpractice case settled. BOY WAS LEFT WITH CEREBRAL PALSY FOLLOWING BIRTH. A 4-year-old boy with cerebral palsy sat in his wheelchair in awe and wonderment looking around a Sacramento courtroom's dim interior Friday while a judge approved a $5.75 million settlement on his behalf. Cannon Hoops got $1.75...

  Published in: Los Angeles Times By Geoff Boucher SPECIAL TO THE TIMES SANTA ANA— A child who was nearly smothered and left brain-damaged when her sedated mother rolled atop her during breast-feeding two years ago was awarded $5.9 million Tuesday by a jury who decided that nurses at UCI Medical Center in Orange...

Published in: LA Daily Journal A Superior Court jury awarded a boy and his family $5.6 million after he was left severely disabled by an anesthesiologist who continues to practice, the boy’s lawyer said Tuesday. A jury decided Monday that Dr. Thomas Mitchell was negligent in causing severe, permanent brain injuries following elective tonsillectomy...

  Published in: Oakland Tribune By Glenn Chapman STAFF WRITER OAKLAND — A civil lawsuit charging an East Bay Fertility OB-GYN Medical Group doctor with making a decision that ruined a baby’s chance at a healthy life was formally settled Monday in a multimillion-dollar deal. Alameda County Superior Judge Horace Wheatley approved the settlement,...

  Published in: Antelope Valley Press By Kevin Mc Keehan - Valley Press Staff Writer BAKERSFIELD — A Tehachapi mother whose newborn contracted a crippling form of meningitis at Kern Medical Center was awarded $4.7 million Thursday by a Bakersfield jury that found the hospital failed to treat her infant properly. The jury agreed...

  Published in: The Bakersfield Californian Jury finds hospital partially responsible for boy’s meningitis. By Jonathan Nelson Californian staff writer e-mail: jnelson@bakersfield.com A Kern County jury Thursday awarded a Tehachapi boy $4.7 million after finding Kern Medical Center partially responsible for the 2-year-old contracting meningitis, which resulted in cerebral palsy. The money is to...

  Published in: Contra Costa Times Hospital being blamed FATAL NURSING ERROR Nurses and health care workers conduct a candlelight vigil Sunday outside the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland. California Nurses Association workers have been locked out of their jobs since conducting a one-day strike Thursday Striking workers say hiring temporary replacement...

  Published in: Contra Costa Times By Claire Booth TIMES STAFF WRITER MARTINEZ — An Antioch woman and her daughter will receive $4.5 million to settle a lawsuit against Contra Costa County and its medical center. Aaryah Saxton-Lucas suffered severe brain injuries when she was born at Contra Costa County Regional Medical Center in...

  Published in: The San Diego Union-Tribune PASADENA — A jury awarded $4.3 million to the family of a 39-year-old woman who died following a surgical obesity treatment. Tracy Mayes went into Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena in 2000, for gastric bypass surgery. She died two months later, after going into septic shock from...