Medical Malpractice Case Results
$13.05 million Chloee Cuenca, a minor v. Mitchell Adler, MD; Torrance Memorial Medical Center Failure to Recognize and Treat Fetal Distress | Los Angeles County Dr. Fagel and his associates achieved a $13,050,000 verdict in favor of 19-month-old child who suffered severe brain damage after employees of the Friendly Hills Medical Group (Torrance, CA) failed to recognize and properly treat fetal distress during delivery, resulting in acute perinatal hypoxia. The labor process was relatively stable until fetal heart decelerations began when the mother began pushing. Decelerations continued... Read More
$13 million Rafael Correra, a minor v. Methodist Hospital Sacramento Uterine Rupture | Sacramento County Dr. Fagel obtained a verdict of $13,000,000 on the behalf of a child who suffers serious brain damage as a result of hypoxic injuries sustained during a uterine rupture. The mother was first admitted to the hospital for a VBAC (Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Section) trial of labor after being found to have irregular contractions. The fetal heart tracing was reactive and reassuring,... Read More
$12.3 million Thompson v. Mathahs, Upland Outpatient Surgical Center, Inc., et al Brain Injury to 24-Year-Old during Cosmetic Surgery | San Bernardino County Dr. Fagel and his associates obtained a verdict of $12.3 million on behalf of a 28-year-old woman who now suffers severe brain damage after having Lidocaine induced seizures following elective breast augmentation surgery. During surgery, the surgeon administered Lidocaine as a local anesthetic in addition to general anesthesia. There were no problems during the surgery and the plaintiff was then moved to the... Read More
$12.02 Million Jessica Ramirez v AHMC Healthcare dba El Monte Hospital Brain Injury | Los Angeles County Fagel negotiated a $12,017,970 settlement for the family where medical negligence by doctors and the hospital resulted in the 20 year-old patient experiencing irreversible brain injury which, ultimately, causes her to remain in a persistent vegetative state. The patient reported to the emergency department with a complaint of being shot in the head by an air gun. The nurse did... Read More
$11.0 million O. P., a minor v. CHW Failure to diagnose/treat kernicterus | Kern County Fagel negotiated a $11,000,000 settlement for the family where medical negligence by doctors and the hospital resulted in choreoathetoid, spastic quadriparetic cerebral palsy, moderate to severe cognitive deficits, requires supplementation with overnight gastrostomy tube feeds, and is dependent on others for nearly all of his daily living needs. These preventable conditions were caused by a delayed delivery. Dr. Fagel relied... Read More
$11.0 Million V.L. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor V.L. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor Fagel negotiated a $11,000,000 settlement for the family where medical negligence by doctors and the hospital resulted in the patient suffering from cerebral palsy, epilepsy, being fed through a gastrostomy tube and is dependent on others for all of her daily needs. The patient’s injuries are the result of the hypoxic-ischemic brain damage that she suffered during the events of... Read More
$11.0 Million O.P. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor O.P. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor Fagel negotiated a $11,000,000 settlement for the family where medical negligence by doctors and the hospital resulted in the patient suffering from cerebral palsy, and is tracheostomy and gastrostomy dependent, as a result of kernicterus. The patient’s injuries are the result of hyperbilirubinemia, which were present at the time of his discharge. The hospital and doctors failure to timely and... Read More
$11 million Ryan Beilman v. Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, and D’Mitri Sparks, M.D. Brain injury at birth | Los Angeles County Severely Brain Damaged baby who sustained a brain injury at birth, and has been diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and Global Developmental Delay; he also has a gtube.  This is a medical malpractice birth injury case involving a now 2 year-old child, Ryan Beilmann, who sustained cerebral palsy and global developmental delay as a direct result of a delay in delivery... Read More
$10.225 million C.N. v. Anaheim Global Medical Center; Paulo Reyes MD; David Steven Framer MD; and John Wyne-Chung Chen MD.  Failure to timely diagnose and treat Severely Brain Damaged 30yo due to failure to timely diagnose and treat an acute ischemic stroke. Read More
$10 million J. F., a minor v. Anonymous Hospital/Medical Group Failure to Diagnose Bowel Obstruction in 3-Day-Old Child | Riverside County Dr. Fagel negotiated a settlement of $10,000,000 on behalf of a child who now has Short Bowel Syndrome and mild mental retardation as a result of medical professionals’ failure to diagnose a malformed anus and a bowel obstruction during his neonatal care. Although the plaintiff was born prematurely at 31 weeks to an 18 year old with a history of illegal drug... Read More
$10 million M.R., a minor v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Delayed Diagnosis of Infant HSV Severely Brain Damaged 10 month old child due to a delay in diagnosing and treating neonatal/infant herpes simplex encephalitis (HSV encephalitis)-to a healthy child w/no medical or family history of HSV. Read More
$9.85 Million Palacio v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor Palacio v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor Fagel negotiated a $9,852,805 settlement for the family where medical negligence by doctors and the hospital resulted in the newborn requiring 24 hour skilled nursing care for the remainder of her life. In addition to pediatric visits, the Plaintiff will require lifelong care and intervention by numerous specialists, including gastroenterologists, surgeons, neurologists, pulmonologists, orthopedists, ophthalmologists, and physiatrists. Read More