Medical Malpractice Case Results
$8.5 million Dioresly Lora v. Palmdale Regional Medical Center Brain Damage Caused Coma | Madera County Case Report - Verdict $15,026,260 gross, $7,444,538 present cash value after MICRA reductions Diroresly Lora v. Palmdale Regional Medical Center Case Number: MC0230074 Judge: Victor Chavez, Dept. 96, LASC Plaintiff Attorney: Bruce Fagel, Law Offices of Bruce G. Fagel & Associates, Beverly Hills Defense Attorney: Joseph Farchione, Lamar Jost, Wheeler, Trigg & O'Donnell,, Denver, Colorado Richard Harris, Dummit, Buchholz &... Read More
$8.5 million B. B., a minor v. Sutter Memorial Hospital B.B. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor Fagel negotiated a $8,500,000 settlement for the family where medical negligence by doctors and the hospital resulted in a hypoxic-ischemic brain jury leading to the patient having quadriplegic cerebral palsy, is gastrostomy tube dependent, receives anti-convulsant medications, and has significant developmental delays in all areas. Read More
$8.5 million D.H., a minor v. Childrens Hospital of Central California D.H. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor Fagel negotiated a $8,500,000 settlement for the family where medical negligence by doctors and the hospital resulted in severe and permanent brain injuries to a young child and experiencing a respiratory arrest due to an overdose of narcotic pain medication given to the patient after surgery. Read More
$8.5 Million Y.M. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor Y.M. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor Fagel negotiated a $8,500,000 settlement for the family where medical negligence by doctors and the hospital resulted in fetal distress, initial hypertonia, suspected seizures, apnea, and eventual hypotonia, and an infant at high risk for neurologic sequellae. Read More
$8.5 Million A.C. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor A.C. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor Fagel negotiated a $8,500,000 settlement for the family where medical negligence by doctors and the hospital resulted severe hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in the patient who now suffers from severe cerebral palsy and developmental delays, feeds exclusively from a G-tube and is unlikely to ever develop normal speech, walk, live independently or be gainfully employed. Read More
$8.5 Million S.W. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor S.W. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor Dr. Fagel negotiated a $8,500,000 settlement for the family where medical negligence by doctors and the hospital resulted in the patient suffering a severe and permanent neurologic injury that occurred in connection with his chemotherapy at the hospital. The patient had a toxic level of sodium that went unrecognized and directly caused his injuries including right hemiparesis, right homonymous hemianopsia,... Read More
$8.2 million Connors v. Anonymous Physician, Medical Center, Nursing Group Failure to Perform Timely Cesarean Section | Los Angeles County Dr. Fagel obtained a settlement of $8,200,000 on behalf of a child who now has cerebral palsy and microcephaly due to injuries sustained in the birth process. The mother, who has systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), was able to carry the pregnancy to term without any complications from SLE. She was admitted to the hospital at 1 p.m. with labor contractions and the perinatologist confirmed that the... Read More
$8.2 million M. O., a minor v. Tenet Health System Desert, Inc. Failure to Perform Timely Cesarean Section | Los Angeles County Dr. Fagel obtained a settlement of $8,200,000 on behalf of a child who now has cerebral palsy and microcephaly due to injuries sustained in the birth process. The mother, who has systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), was able to carry the pregnancy to term without any complications from SLE. She was admitted to the hospital at 1 p.m. with labor contractions and the perinatologist confirmed that the... Read More
$8.0 Million A.O. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor A.O. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor Fagel negotiated a $8,000,000 settlement for the family where medical negligence by doctors and the hospital resulted in severe oropharyngeal bleeding that was neither timely diagnosed nor treated that occurred from a tonsillectomy that was not clinically indicated. Read More
$8.0 Million A.R. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor A.R. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor Dr. Fagel negotiated a $8,000,000 settlement for the family where medical negligence by doctors and the hospital resulted in severe hypoxic ischemic brain damage at birth when her mother’s uterus ruptured during an induction being managed by a midwife who was teamed with a nurse who had one year of labor and delivery experience. Read More
$7.9 million B.W., a minor v. West Hills Hospital B.W., a minor v West Hills Hospital Fagel negotiated a $7,900,000 settlement for the family where medical negligence by doctors and the hospital resulted in a traumatic vacuum delivery which was caused a subgaleal hemorrhage in the brain and hypoxic brain injury. Read More
$7.75 Million T.E. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor T.E. v. Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Doctor Fagel negotiated a $7,500,000 settlement for the family where medical negligence by doctors and the hospital resulted in a severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy that caused irreversible brain injury leaving the patient with permanent neurologic and cognitive deficits that will require lifelong supervision stemming from a failure to properly extubate and reintubate this young patient. Read More