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Posted on Mar 13, 2013 By Fagel staff
Paralysis is the loss of sensation or movement in a body part usually from spinal cord, nerve damage, or neurological disorders. When medical malpractice is responsible for a birth defect or birth ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2013 By Fagel staff
One of the most difficult and heart-breaking situations any family may confront is the question of whether or not to turn off life support or end life care for a loved one who is not responding to ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2013 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Overcrowded emergency rooms have become a serious problem for hospitals, medical staff, and patients. Most people who visit an emergency department are provided the medical care they need, although ...
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Posted on Jan 28, 2013 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Most people who visit a hospital or doctor's office feel comforted knowing a medical professional will be helping them treat their medical condition. Unfortunately, sometimes people visiting ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2013 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Birth asphyxia and intrauterine hypoxia happens when a baby is not receiving a proper supply of oxygen before, during, or immediately following birth. If the amount of oxygen restricted to the baby is ...
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Posted on Jan 21, 2013 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Anesthesia is a vital part of most surgeries, helping patients avoid feeling a great deal of pain that the surgery would cause without the medication. Anesthesia is provided through an intravenous ...
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Posted on Jan 14, 2013 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
In obstetrical birth injury cases, we often have to explain to the jury the process of a normal labor and delivery and orient them to understand how things can go wrong. In a delivery, the placenta ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2013 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Hospitals can sometimes be the most dangerous places to be if you are sick or injured. Unfortunately, statistics show that almost every patient that enters a hospital suffers from some type of medical ...
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Posted on Jan 7, 2013 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Medical negligence and medical malpractice cases can be the most complex legal cases to pursue. The majority of the victims of medical negligence or medical malpractice cases do not have the ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
A frightening article came out in the Wall Street Journal December 19, 2012 "Surgeons Make Thousands of Snafus" explaining how surgeons are making thousands of preventable errors every year ...
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Posted on Dec 17, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
There are very few things people fear more than having surgery. Many people naturally have anxiety when it comes to surgery, but nobody wants to contemplate that a surgery injury could occur causing ...
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Posted on Dec 3, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The Leapfrog Group, an employer backed nonprofit group focused on healthcare quality and a grader of hospitals and medical centers for patient safety, just gave Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center an F ...
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Posted on Nov 26, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Medical malpractice and medical negligence is a serious problem in the U.S. with around 225,000 people dying each year and thousands more who wind up seriously injured. Because many cases of medical ...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Medical malpractice lawsuits can be the most complex legal cases to pursue. The majority of the victims of medical malpractice cases do not have the experience, vast resources, or finances necessary ...
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Posted on Nov 5, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Each year hundreds of thousands of people are injured or die from medical malpractice, making this one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. after heart attacks and cancer. Dr. Bruce Fagel ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Each year hundreds of thousands of Americans are seriously injured or die because of medical malpractice, making this one of the leading causes of death in the United States. The Law Offices of Dr. ...
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Posted on Oct 22, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Each year many Americans who are overweight choose to have gastric bypass surgery. Elective weight loss surgery, including LAP Band, gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy, and gastric bypass procedures ...
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Posted on Oct 1, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
This is part 2 of the blog discussing the Newsweek article by Marty Makary which appeared September 17, 2012 "Are Hospitals Less Safe Than We Think?" You can view the first part of this blog ...
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Posted on Sep 24, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
An informative Newsweek article "Are Hospitals Less Safe Than We Think?" September 17, 2012 by Marty Makary describes the numerous dangers involving hospitals and doctors. The article begins ...
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Posted on Sep 17, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
This blog is the second part of a series discussing areas California medical malpractice attorney Dr. Bruce Fagel handles. If you would like to see the first part, please refer to the blog posted ...
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Posted on Sep 10, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Anesthesia is a loss of sensation that can be reversed and is caused by an anesthetic, a drug that causes anesthesia. There are two types of anesthetics, local anesthetics which causes a loss of ...
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Posted on Aug 13, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Losing a family member is perhaps the most heart wrenching experience any family may face. This painful experience is even more difficult to handle when the cause of death is not natural but rather ...
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Posted on Aug 6, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Delivering a healthy baby is one of the most enjoyable experiences an expected mother can look forward to during her pregnancy. While most pregnancies end up with a positive outcome, occasionally a ...
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Posted on Jul 27, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
A statute of limitations sets a deadline for filing a lawsuit. If the statute of limitations for a case expires, then the legal claim is no longer valid. Each state in the United States has its own ...
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Posted on Jul 23, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Arbitration is a form of alternative dispute resolution, a legal method for the resolution of disputes outside the court system. Instead of going through the courts, parties in a legal dispute refer ...
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