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  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...

  Published in: Daily Bulletin PASADENA — A jury awarded $4.3 million to the family of a 39-year-old woman who died after a surgical obesity treatment at a Pasadena hospital. Tracy Mayes went into Huntington Memorial Hospital on Dec. 11, 2000, for gastric bypass surgery. She died on Feb. 12, 2001, after going into...

  Published in: The San Diego Union-Tribune A San Diego hospital agreed yesterday to pay $4.15 million to the parents of a girl born two years ago with severe brain damage caused by what the family’s lawyer labeled “outrageous” medical treatment. As part of yesterday’s settlement, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Grantville also admitted...

  Published in: The Press-Enterprise BY RICHARD BROOKS, THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE BY RICHARD BROOKS San Bernardino — A medical malpractice trial ended Friday with a $3.9 million jury verdict for two youngsters whose mother died after her obstetrician failed to recognize and treat a serious infection after her unborn baby died, a lawyer said. A...

  Published in: The Press-Enterprise Jury awards $3.6 million to parents of brain-damaged child By Marlowe Churchill The Press-Enterprise RIVERSIDE — A Riverside jury Tuesday awarded $3.6 million to the parents of a brain-damaged 2-year-old girl after finding Riverside Community Hospital and a nurse negligent in not immediately diagnosing a viral infection. Joel and...