Tag Archives: MICRA
Misdiagnosis in San Gabriel Valley Hospital Leads to Child’s Death: Case Settles for $250,000 Due to California Medical Malpractice Damages Caps
Ten-year-old Daniela Zelig died in March 2012 from pneumonia less than a day after her mother took her to an urgent care center in Baldwin Park, a San Gabriel Valley community about 20 minutes east of Los Angeles. Doctors at the urgent care center examined her briefly and then released her with a diagnosis… Read More »
Initiative Petition Seeks to Increase Damages Cap in California Medical Malpractice Cases
California voters may get a chance to increase the cap on damages in medical malpractice cases to more than four times its present limit, if a consumer group is able to gather enough signatures to get its initiative petition on the next general election ballot. The group, Consumer Watchdog California, needs several hundred thousand… Read More »
