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Wrongful Death
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$4.6 Million
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Los Angeles County
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INJURY:
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Brain Injury at Birth
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$8.2 Million
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Los Angeles County
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INJURY:
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Bowel Injury to Newborn
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$10 million
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San Bernardino County
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INJURY:
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Bowel injury to 3 month old baby
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$8.8 million
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Los Angeles County
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INJURY:
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Brain Injury to 1 Year Old
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$7.15 Million
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Sacramento County
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Brain Injury
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$9 million
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Las Vegas
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Brain Injury
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$6 Million
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Orange County
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Brain injury to 21
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$5.7 million
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Los Angeles
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Medical Malpractice Blog
Posted on Feb 21, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
 A serious problem is happening in emergency rooms throughout the country. Hospital emergency rooms have become an overcrowded and chaotic environment. Often the medical staff is overworked, tired, and ...
Posted on Feb 17, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
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Posted on Feb 10, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
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Posted on Feb 8, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
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Posted on Feb 6, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
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Posted on Feb 3, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
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Posted on Jan 30, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
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Posted on Jan 27, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
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Posted on Jan 25, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The National Institute of Health places the number of deaths from medical malpractice each year around 225,000, making it the third leading cause of death in the United States, following heart attacks ... Continue reading "Doctor Malpractice and Hospital Malpractice" »
Posted on Jan 23, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Two types of birth injures may occur during the birth delivery process, injuries from a lack of oxygen to the brain and injuries from trauma. Both types of injuries can result in birth paralysis . An ... Continue reading "Birth Paralysis from Medical Malpractice" »
Posted on Jan 20, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Hypoxia or Birth asphyxia occurs when an infant does not receive an adequate supply of oxygen before, during, or immediately following birth. Although many babies receive a smaller supply of oxygen ... Continue reading "Birth Asphyxia, Hypoxia, and Birth Injuries from Medical Negligence" »
Posted on Jan 18, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Medical negligence is the act or omission in treatment of a patient by a medical professional, which deviates from the accepted medical standard of care. Examples of what is medical malpractice or ... Continue reading "Medical Negligence and Medical Malpractice" »
Posted on Jan 16, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Hospital employees are not reporting most errors, accidents, and events that lead to serious harm to Medicare patients. The study released by the inspector general of the Department of Health and ... Continue reading "Most Errors and Adverse Events at Hospitals Not Reported" »
Posted on Jan 13, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The National Institute of Health places medical malpractice deaths as the third leading cause of death in the U.S. Death from heart attacks and cancer rank number one and number two respectively. ... Continue reading "How to Choose the Right Attorney for Your Medical Malpractice Case" »
Posted on Jan 11, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Elder abuse and nursing home negligence is happening at an alarming rate. Nursing home abuse not only causes unnecessary pain and suffering to the elderly, but the families of the victim as well. The ... Continue reading "Nursing Home Negligence and Elder Abuse" »
Posted on Jan 9, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The decision to end life care and turn off life support for a family member is a heart-wrenching situation nobody wants to encounter. Nurses, doctors, and medical staff confront a variety of ethical ... Continue reading "End Life Care - What You Should Know Before Turning Off Life Support for a Family Member" »
Posted on Jan 5, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Every child develops mentally and physically at a unique pace. If you are noticing your baby or young child is developing slower than other children, such as a delay in crawling, walking, talking, ... Continue reading "Development Delays in Babies from Birth Injuries" »
Posted on Jan 3, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
In 1975, with the help of strong lobbying effort by doctors and medical professionals, the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act or MICRA was passed. Prior to the passing of this legislation, doctors ... Continue reading "Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act - How MICRA Affects Victims of Medical Malpractice" »
Posted on Dec 23, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Bilirubin is a substance found in the bile of infants. Bile is produced by the liver and released into the small intestine where it is used to help with digestion. Bilirubin is produced by the liver ... Continue reading "Elevated Bilirubin Levels and Kernicterus in Infants" »
Posted on Dec 21, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
During gestation, an unborn baby's brain is susceptible to a wide variety of threats. One vulnerability is hypoxia or asphyxia , which is a lack of oxygen to the brain. Although the birthing ... Continue reading "Brain Cooling for Infants with HIE / Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy" »
Posted on Dec 19, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Each year thousands of Americans suffer unnecessary pain, injuries, and even death from cancer misdiagnosis or delays in diagnosing cancer. Failure to diagnose a cancer , allows the cancer to spread ... Continue reading "Cancer Diagnosis Delay and Cancer Misdiagnosis" »
Posted on Dec 16, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
A birth injury is one of the most heart-wrenching situations a family can experience. There are several types of birth injuries that may happen, the most serious of which are injuries to the brain of ... Continue reading "Birth Injuries Caused by Medical Negligence" »
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