Tag: Medical Malpractice
KBFX FOX TV Bakersfield, CA: Medical Board Should Revoke Doctor’s License for Repeated Malpractice
Medical Board of California Allows Doctor Responsible for the Death and Injury of Eight Bakersfield Patients to Keep Medical License
Bakersfield, CA – The Medical Board of California’s decision to allow Dr. Arthur Park to continue practicing, despite a 20-year track record of negligence causing...
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State Board Puts Local Doctor On Probation Following Patient’s Death After Giving Birth
By Stacey Shepard, BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN June 3, 2020 https://www.bakersfield.com/news/state-board-puts-local-doctor-on-probation-following-patients-death-after-giving-birth/article_1ae22480-a5e0-11ea-bcab-3fc47689347a.html A local OB-GYN will begin five years of probation later this month following a state investigation...
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Coronavirus Pours Cold Water On State Ballot Initiatives
By Max Greenwood, THE HILL May 8, 2020 https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/496676-coronavirus-pours-cold-water-on-state-ballot-initiatives# Advocacy groups and citizen-led ballot initiatives are struggling to keep their campaigns going amid the coronavirus pandemic....
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SpectrumNews1LA: Advocates Move Medical Malpractice Ballot Measure To 2022 Due To Pandemic
Campaign Behind Ballot Initiative To Increase California’s Medical Damages Cap Decides To Aim For 2022 Ballot Due To Coronavirus Pandemic
By Ryan Byrne, BALLOTPEDIA May 4, 2020 Campaign behind ballot initiative to increase California’s medical damages cap decides to aim for 2022 ballot due to...
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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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Campaign to Lift Medical Malpractice Cap Punts Ballot Measure to 2022
By Cheryl Miller, LAW.COM April 30, 2020 https://www.law.com/therecorder/2020/04/30/campaign-to-lift-medical-malpractice-cap-punts-ballot-measure-to-2022/ Authors of an initiative that would raise California’s $250,000 cap on medical malpractice awards say they’re dropping...
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MICRA Initiative Delayed To 2022 As Backers Cite Coronavirus Challenges
By Victoria Colliver, POLITICO PRO April 30, 2020 OAKLAND — Proponents of an initiative to increase California’s medical malpractice compensation cap dropped their November 2020...
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Coronavirus Forces California Initiative Backers To Hold Off Until 2022
By John Wildermuth, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE April 30, 2020 https://www.msn.com/en-us/Travel/news/coronavirus-forces-california-initiative-backers-to-hold-off-until-2022/ar-BB13rg8X?ocid=se2 Worried about the effect the coronavirus pandemic may have on the November elections, backers will...
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California Battle On Malpractice Caps Delayed To 2022 Ballot
By Staff Writers, ASSOCIATED PRESS April 30, 2020 https://www.thehour.com/news/article/California-battle-on-malpractice-caps-delayed-to-15238922.php SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has delayed by two years what likely...
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