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  Published in: Daily Journal By Mandy Jackson - Daily Journal Staff Writer There may be as many wisecracks about doctors' bad handwriting as there are jokes about lawyers, but it's no laughing matter when poor penmanship leads to medication errors. Physicians and pharmacists may be liable when one misreads the other's handwriting, but...

  Published in: The Orange County Register COURTS: $5.9 million awarded to brain-damaged girl. By STUART PFEIFER An Orange County Superior Court jury ordered UCI Medical Center on Tuesday to pay $5.9 million for failing to protect a newborn girl who nearly suffocated after her mother fell asleep while breast-feeding. Jessica Chapman, now 2½,...

  Published in: Daily Journal Wednesday, December 23, 2009 The Right to Be Healthy By Bruce Fagel It is unfortunate that for all of the brilliance and foresight of our founding fathers, the lack of scientific knowledge about the human body in the late 18th century was such that the Bill of Rights does...

  Published in: Consumer Attorneys Of California By Bruce G Fagel, MD, JD +Whatever details fmally emerge in the health care legislation that gets signed by President Obama, there will be two significant, but unintended, consequences that will directly affect medical malpractice cases. First, the health care debate will likely make it more difficult...

  Published in: Daily Journal Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Health Insurance for All Is Not the Answer By Bruce Fagel The problem with the current health care reform debate is that it is focused on providing health insurance to all Americans, rather than focusing on providing health care. The difference is critical, because health...

  Published in: Los Angeles Times   As stunts get more daring, injuries have multiplied -- prompting a new push for safety. By Melissa Rohlin Patty Phommanyvong, a cheerleader for Marshall High School in Los Angeles, was thrust into the air while performing a stunt at a football game two years ago. The next...

  Published in: The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif.—UC Davis Medical Center has agreed to pay a $5.75 million settlement to a 4-year-old boy who suffered brain injuries during his birth at the hospital. A Sacramento County judge approved the deal Friday over the delivery of Cannon Hoops on Dec. 1, 2004. Bruce Fagel, who...

  Published in: Consumer Attorneys of California Starting on July 1, 2007, Health & Safety Code Sec. 1279 went into effect with little public notice outside of the healthcare industry. But in less than two years, this new law has shown that it may have a widespread effect on both the conditions in California...

  Published in: Consumer Attorneys of California By Bruce G. Fagel, MD, JD [PHOTO NOT SHOWN] caption: Bruce Fagel has law offices in Beverly Hills, specializing in medical malpractice. Dr. Fagel practiced emergency medicine for 10 years before becoming an attorney, and was recently included in the National Law Journal list of “The 10...

  Published in: Daily Journal Friday, November 30, 2007 A Tale of Two Tragedies FOCUS COLUMN By Bruce G. Fagel The recent, highly publicized death of rapper Kanye West's mother and the negligent medication error involving Dennis Quaid's newborn twins provide insights into the nature of medical negligence cases in today's society. For different...