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  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 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 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 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...

  Published in: The Orange County Register A Huntington Beach woman whose breast cancer was ignored by doctors for two years won a $625,000 malpractice judgment against FHP Inc. on Thursday in Orange County Superior Court, her attorney said. Antoinette Sullivan, 41, a bookkeeper with the Fountain Valley School District, sued the Fountain-Valley based...

Published in: The Antelope Valley Times By The AV Times Staff LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles Superior Court jury on Friday returned a verdict in favor of a 26-year-old woman who suffered severe brain injuries after treatment at Palmdale Regional Medical Center. The jury awarded Dioresly Lora $15 million, according to her attorney...

Published in: Daily Breeze Woman sues Torrance hospital, 8 doctors Infection leads to loss of arms, legs By Larry Altman, Staff Writer A South Bay woman who lost her arms and legs to a massive infection following a hysterectomy at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance filed a malpractice lawsuit Tuesday...

Published in: Medical Economics How I pick the doctors I'll sue By: Berkeley Rice A conversation with plaintiffs' attorney Bruce Fagel, MD, JD When doctors meet a malpractice plaintiffs' attorney, they don't get a warm-fuzzy feeling. When they meet Bruce Fagel, however, they don't know what to think because he's definitely "one of them,"...

  Published in: Contra Costa Times Guity Manteghi lapsed into a coma following a heart problem more than a year ago because her doctors failed to tell her about the condition or properly treat it, according to a lawsuit expected to be filed in Contra Costa County Superior Court today. The 39-year-old Walnut Creek...

  Published in: San Jose Mercury News JURY FINDS S.J. MEDICAL PROVIDERS LIABLE FOR BABY’S BRAIN DAMAGE By Barbara Feder Ostrov Mercury News [photo not shown, caption:] Brandon Nuñez, 3, has cerebral palsy and needs constant care. A Santa Clara County Superior Court jury on Tuesday returned a $38 million verdict against San Jose...