California law limits/caps the amount of monetary damages for pain and suffering in lawsuits that can be awarded to victims of medical malpractice at $250,000. How Personal Injury Attorneys are Paid Medical Malpractice Caps Unfair to Poor Exceptions to the Medical Malpractice Cap This law has been in effect since 1975, and has definitely limited [...]
A judge may soon finalize a $2.9 million medical malpractice award against two Doctors in California, after a single Father filed a negligence lawsuit resulting from his wife dying from ovarian cancer. A jury found that Dr. Young S. Kim, a primary care physician and Dr. Carline Louis-Jacques, an obstetrician failed to properly diagnose and [...]
Consumer Affairs Kaiser Permanente faces a class action lawsuit in California filed by personal injury victim rear-ended in traffic accident. Former patient says that insurance company failed to refund co-payment after victim collected under personal injury award. Plaintiff in the case suffers small, individual damages, but class action status of lawsuit could possibly affect thousands [...]
Examiner.com MYTH #1: It is easy to file a medical malpractice suit. In fact, it is very difficult (and expensive) to file a medical malpractice lawsuit. Most lawyers will not take on a medical malpractice case unless the damages are high and the liability is … Topics: award, case, claim, Colorado, court, damages, fee, injury, [...]