Tag: FIPA
History of Positions Undermining Patient Safety Disqualify Former Leaders of Doctors’ Lobby For Seats on CA Medical Board, Patients Harmed by Medical Negligence to Testify
Sacramento, CA – Two former leaders of the California Medical Association should be rejected as nominees to the Medical Board of California for their records...
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Adjusting California’s Malpractice Cap Will Not Increase Doctors’ Insurance Premiums
Medical malpractice insurance premiums increased more quickly in states that enacted caps than in states that did nothing. A national analysis for Americans for Insurance...
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Reforming California’s Malpractice Cap is a Racial Justice Issue
People of Color Disproportionately Harmed by Medical Negligence & Limits on Compensation California’s 45-year-old cap on compensation for patients harmed and killed by medical...
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Op-Ed: Compromising A Medical Board
Op-Ed Commentary by Greer Levin, for HOSPITAL WATCHDOG January 29, 2021 https://hospitalwatchdog.org/op-ed/ Doctors’ Lobby Protect Their Own At Medical Board Governor Newsom appointed Dr. Richard...
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“I Can’t Breathe” Said Black Manteca Man Killed by Medical Negligence at Kaiser Hospital
Manteca, CA – The family of Shawn Washington, a 29-year-old Black man killed by medical negligence at Kaiser Manteca Medical Center, called on the Medical Board...
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KGO ABC TV-7 SF: Healthcare, Our Legal System and Social Justice
New Website & Interactive Map Tells the Stories of Medical Negligence Victims Denied Justice Representing Every CA State Senate District on World Patient Safety Day
Los Angeles, CA – As California courts and voters confront the injustice of the state’s 45-year-old limits on the rights of medical negligence victims, Consumer...
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Deaths Of Mothers, Infants During Childbirth Prompt Calls To Revoke Bakersfield Doctor’s License
By Kerry Klein, KVPR – CENTRAL VALLEY PUBLIC RADIO August 5, 2020 https://www.kvpr.org/post/deaths-mothers-infants-during-childbirth-prompt-calls-revoke-bakersfield-doctor-s-license Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment....
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Survivors of Medical Negligence Qualify Ballot Initiative for 2022 Election
Los Angeles, CA — Having collected 900,000 signatures and raised over $4 million, the survivors of medical negligence behind a California ballot measure to adjust...
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SpectrumNews1LA: Advocates Move Medical Malpractice Ballot Measure To 2022 Due To Pandemic
Calif. Med Mal Cap Challenge Delayed
By Aaron Pelc, LAW360 May 4, 2020 https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1270123/law360-s-tort-report-calif-med-mal-cap-challenge-delayed Law360 (May 4, 2020, 7:35 PM EDT) — The postponement of a campaign to raise a California...
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