Medical Malpractice Case Results
$460 million Ashley Hughes, a minor v. Pomona Valley Community Hospital Total Paralysis Below the Neck | Los Angeles County Dr. Fagel achieved a verdict of $460,000,000 on the behalf of a young girl who suffers total paralysis of all movement and function below the neck as a result of excessive forceps use during delivery. The mother was admitted to the defendant hospital at 8:30 a.m. for induction of labor because the pregnancy was overdue. The defendant obstetrician, Dr. Jouvenat, ordered that... Read More
$59.3 million Caitlin Greenwell, a minor v. John Muir Medical Center Improperly Managed Labor and Delivery | Contra Costa County Dr. Fagel achieved a verdict of $59.3 million on behalf of a 3-year-old girl who now has cerebral palsy as a result of asphyxia occurring during the birth process. Nurses noted that the plaintiff’s mother’s blood pressure was elevated 6½ hours after she was admitted to the hospital for induced labor but chose not the call the obstetrician. When the obstetrician examined... Read More
$49 million Brigette Campbell, a minor v. Centinela Hospital Improperly Managed Labor and Delivery | Los Angeles County Dr. Fagel obtained a $49,000,000 verdict on the behalf of a young girl who suffers severe brain damage as a result of preventable injuries sustained during the birth process. The pregnancy, labor and delivery progressed as normal until the fetal heart tracing began to show an abnormal fetal heart rate. However, nurses employed by the defendant hospital did not take proper action, such... Read More
$43.5 million Brown v. Community Hospital of San Bernardino Brain Injury to Three Month Old Baby after Respiratory Infection | San Bernardino County Dr. Fagel achieved a verdict of $43,500,000 on behalf of an 18-month-old child who received severe brain damage after monitoring devices in his crib were disconnected. The plaintiff, then aged 4 months, was admitted to San Bernardino Community Hospital’s regular pediatric floor for a respiratory infection. Three days later, after his condition had improved, the pediatrician told the plaintiff’s parents that he... Read More
$38.2 million Brandon Nunez, a minor v. Ilene Newman, MD San Jose Medical Group, Regional Medical Center of San Jose Improperly Managed Labor and Delivery | Santa Clara County Dr. Fagel and his associates achieved a verdict of over $38.2 million on behalf of a child who now suffers cerebral palsy and basal ganglia damage after physicians failed to properly respond to complications in the labor and delivery process. The labor process was relatively stable until progress stalled from 12:00am-8:00am the morning of the delivery. However, the attending OB was not... Read More
$22 million Simpson v. Regents of the University of California-UCI Medical Center Brain Injury to 35-Year-Old Woman after Surgery | Orange County Dr. Fagel achieved a verdict of $22 million on behalf of a 35 year-old woman who suffered brain injuries from pulmonary edema after nursing employees negligently administered excess fluid following surgery. The plaintiff underwent surgery to remove a benign tumor from her uterus without complications. After surgery, she was moved to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) and given IV fluids and Inderal... Read More
$20 million Tyler Aispuro v. County of Los Angeles dba Harbor UCLA Severely Brain Damaged Baby During Birth Due to Health Care Provider Negligence | Los Angeles County Severely brain damaged baby during birth, as a result of negligence by multiple health care providers (including both Attending OB's, OB residents, and nurses) at Harbor General/UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, during mother’s labor on Oct. 28 and Oct 29, 2024, which resulted in an emergency c-section at 11:34 PM on Oct 29, 2024. At birth, minor plaintiff, Tyler Aispuro, ... Read More
$17.5 million Adria Snover v. Riverside Community Hospital; Neel Pandya MD; and Aruna Gupta MD. Cardio Respiratory Arrest | Washington County, Vermont Brain damaged 27yo, who went into cardiac arrest at Hemet Valley Medical Center while in the OR following her c-section delivery. Patient remains w/a trach and gtube; never knowing her child. Snover, then 26, suffered a cardio-respiratory arrest following the delivery of her child on Dec. 10, 2018. She filed suit against Dr. Gupta, the hospital, and the anesthesiologist in... Read More
$15.07 Million S.Q. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor S.Q. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor Fagel negotiated a $15,073,000 settlement for the family where medical negligence by doctors and the hospital resulted in delayed diagnosis and treatment of a right vertebral artery dissection causing a massive brainstem stroke just one week after the patient’s initial presentation. Critical miscommunication by doctors contributed to this preventable misdiagnosis. Dr. Fagel employed his medical and legal training in conjunction... Read More
$15 million D.F., a minor v. Bakersfield Memorial Hospital; and Alan Dakak MD Brain Injury to a 2 Month Old Child | Kern County Brain Damaged 2 month old child due to failure to timely communicate and act upon a positive blood culture, followed by progression to E. coli bacteremia, bacterial meningitis, seizures, multiple strokes, and ultimately severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). Read More
$15 million A.F., a minor v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Delay in Diagnosis Causes Brain Injury This case involves a child with a severe permanent brain injury caused by Leucine Encephalopathy as a result of a delay in diagnosis and treatment of a metabolic disorder called Maple Syrup Urine Disease. (MSUD) This metabolic disorder is easily diagnosed after birth by a screening blood test that is required for all children born in the U.S. and when... Read More
$13.5 Million A.A., a minor v. Eden Medical Center; and Sonia Badheka MD Emergency C-Section Injury Birth/Brain Injury to term infant with catastrophic hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HIE) following a trial of labor/induction that culminated in a uterine rupture and emergency cesarean section. Read More