The Latinx families lost young mothers due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth. By Kerry Klein, KVPR NPR Central California May 12, 2022 https://www.kvpr.org/health/2022-05-12/kern-county-supervisors-raise-alarm-about-maternal-mortality-alongside-bereaved-family-members The...
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog and California families harmed by medical negligence applauded today’s historic 60-0 Assembly vote to update California’s 47-year-old medical malpractice damage cap and restore injured patients’ access to justice.
By Victoria Colliver, POLITICO May 9, 2022 https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook-pm/2022/05/09/sacramento-revisits-a-privacy-debate-00031168 MICRA ANALYSIS: An analysis released today by UCLA researchers suggests that California’s longtime cap on pain-and-suffering awards in...
Kern County, CA – Supervisor Leticia Perez and the Kern County Board of Supervisors will proclaim May 2022 to be Latina Maternal Health Awareness Month at...
Column by George Skelton, LOS ANGELES TIMES May 9, 2022 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-05-09/skelton-malpractice-cap-deal-california SACRAMENTO — It’s being called the Sacramento equivalent of the Berlin Wall falling. Or a Middle...
By Madison Hirneisen, THE CENTER SQUARE May 6, 2022 https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/bill-gradually-raising-california-medical-malpractice-awards-as-high-as-1-million-advances/article_ab38eb86-cd6b-11ec-b44a-1baaac67e324.html (The Center Square) – Legislation to raise limits on types of California malpractice lawsuits advanced...
In 1975, the state of California capped medical malpractice damages for pain and suffering to $250,000 and that’s where it’s stayed for 47 years. By...
