Med-Mal Archives

Families of Injured Patients Call for Medical Board and Medical Negligence Cap Reform

Carmen Balber September 22, 2021

Sacramento, CA – Today’s CBS This Morning special investigation makes a damning case for reform of physician oversight and legal accountability in California. The segment documents how...

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Healthcare

Nursing Homes Want To Be Held Harmless For Death Toll. Here’s Why Newsom May Help Them

Consumer Watchdog April 23, 2020

By Maura Dolan, Harriet Ryan and Anita Chabria, LOS ANGELES TIMES April 23, 2020 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-23/nursing-homes-legal-immunity-coronavirus-deaths For weeks, nursing homes have been the epicenter of coronavirus...

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Blogs

633,000 Signatures For Russ Kussman and Steven Olsen

Jamie Court February 24, 2020

We have now collected more than 633,000 signatures for the Fairness For Injured Patients Act — which will adjust the 1975 cap on compensation for...

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Healthcare

Medical Negligence Survivors Launch Nov 2020 Ballot Measure Signature Drive For Proposal To Raise 1975 Compensation Cap That Was Never Adjusted

Jamie Court December 16, 2019

Sacramento, CA — Medical negligence survivors and advocates for a proposed ballot measure launched a petition signature drive for the Fairness for Injured Patients Act...

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Accountability

INJURED PATIENTS – Medical malpractice initiative

Consumer Watchdog December 4, 2019

By Hannah Wiley, SACRAMENTO BEE – CAPITOL ALERT December 4, 2019 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article238000549.html A ballot initiative to adjust the cap on medical malpractice payouts was cleared...

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