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KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles – Family Wants Justice From Hospital After Grandmother Froze To Death

April 4, 2014 · Mark Reback

A lawsuit brought by the family of Maria de Jesus Arroyo alleges that the 80-year-old grandmother woke in the morgue after being declared dead at White Memorial Medical Center. She struggled to escape before finally freezing to death, according to a pathologist who reviewed the case. In cases of negligence not involving wage loss or ongoing medical bills, such as the death of an elderly parent, the most a family can recover from the negligent medical provider is $250,000.

CNN – Is Obamacare second rate insurance?

April 1, 2014 · Consumer Watchdog

Cancer patient Danielle Nelson was thrilled to find coverage, but had a hard time keeping her oncologist.

NBC Bay Area – Reality Check – The Troy and Alana Pack Patient Safety Act

March 30, 2014 · Consumer Watchdog

Is drug testing of doctors actually needed? An NBC Reality Check segment takes a closer look at a new measure aiming to curb drug and alcohol abuse by those you trust most. California doctors are not subject to random drug testing, however physicians are regularly being reprimanded with disciplinary action for abuse problems and impairment on the job. According to the California Medical Board, 1-2% of doctors is addicted to drugs or alcohol at any given time.

KTTV Fox Los Angeles – Jamie Court appears on MidDay Sunday

March 28, 2014 · Consumer Watchdog

Jamie Court President of Consumer Watchdog appears on MidDay Sunday to discuss the Troy and Alana Pack Patient Safety Act. The Pack Act promotes justice for patients and legal deterrence to wrongdoing by adjusting the state's malpractice cap to account for 38 years of inflation, while maintaining the existing cap on attorneys' fees. Last week 844,000 voter signatures were filed with registrars of voters statewide to place the measure on the November ballot.

Why Are Health Insurance Rates on the Increase?

March 26, 2014 · Consumer Watchdog

Jamie Court appears on KCRW 'Which Way LA'

KABC TV-7 Los Angeles – Bill to Require Doctors to Undergo Drug Testing Heads to Ballot

March 25, 2014 · Consumer Watchdog

Supporters of the bill also spoke at the conference to announce 830,000 signatures, including one man whose father entered a vegetative state after an alleged alcoholic cardiologist walked out mid-surgery to go to lunch. "Nearly one in five doctors, 18 percent of doctors, have a substance abuse problem during their careers," said Jamie Court of nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog. The signatures were enough to get the measure in front of voters, strengthening the already-intense dispute between California lawyers and doctors.

KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles – Require Random Drug Testings Of Doctors Coming To Ballot

March 25, 2014 · Consumer Watchdog

Several relatives of those who died as a result of medical malpractice tearfully recalled their experience at press conference Monday while holding photographs of their lost loved ones. Supporters of the bill also spoke at the conference to announce 830,000 signatures, including one man whose father entered a vegetative state after an alleged alcoholic cardiologist walked out mid-surgery to go to lunch.

KTLA TV-5 Los Angles – New Proposition Aims To Stop Drunk Doctors

March 24, 2014 · Consumer Watchdog

Bob and Carmen Pack, whose 10-year-old son Troy and 7-year-old daughter Alana died in 2003, appeared at a news conference outside the L.A. County Registrar's Office in Norwalk, turning in 830,000 signatures to place the initiative named for their children on the November ballot.

KCAL CBS TV-9 Los Angeles – New Proposition Aims To Curb Prescription Drug Abuse

March 22, 2014 · Consumer Watchdog

Supporters on Monday are expected to submit more than 800,000 signatures to put the medical reform measure, which would also require doctors to submit to drug tests and make it harder for prescription drug abusers to get their pills, on the November ballot. Consumer Watchdog's Jamie Court told KCAL9's Dave Bryan that doctors just don't want to change.

KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles – DTSC Results On Exide Lead

March 18, 2014 · Consumer Watchdog

Officials with the state Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) announced they had found extremely high levels of lead in homes, schools and a park near Exide Technologies. The state believes the lead pollution came from the Vernon plant. Almost every home tested had levels of lead in the soil that exceeded 80 parts per million, the level at which California recommends further health-related evaluations.

KOVR CBS TV-13 Sacramento – California DMV Holds Hearing On Driverless Cars

March 12, 2014 · Consumer Watchdog

It's coming, "driverless cars" could be commercially available sooner than you think. The California DMV held a public hearing to solicit ideas on how to integrate driverless cars — sometimes called "autonomous vehicles" — onto public roads.California regulators are now listening to issues data privacy and security.

KTTV Fox-11 Los Angeles – LA Schools & Homes In Danger From Exide Lead

March 12, 2014 · Consumer Watchdog

The Department of Toxic Substances Control ordered environmental testing of soil at 39 homes and two schools near the Exide facility in East Los Angeles. Supervisor Gloria Molina says state regulators haven't been doing enough to close the Exide plant in Vernon, which was ordered to conduct further testing after the elevated lead levels were found. All of the homes tested positive for levels of lead that require additional testing and evaluation.