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...
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...
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...
By Stacey Shepard, THE BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN January 25, 2020 https://www.bakersfield.com/news/after-mother-s-death-watchdog-group-calls-on-medical-board/article_14dfc5b0-3f10-11ea-b74c-f73023fe20c0.html A consumer watchdog group is calling for the California Medical Board to immediately suspend the...
Bakersfield, CA – Consumer Watchdog called on the Medical Board of California to fulfill its mission to protect health care consumers and immediately suspend the...
Los Angeles, CA — Supporters of the Fairness for Injured Patients Act announced today that in just five weeks they have gathered 307,000 of the petition...
Patient safety depends on medical providers and hospitals being held accountable when they do harm. When there are no consequences for medical negligence, patient care...
In 1975, the legislature placed a series of limits on injured patients’ legal rights. Most prominent among the law’s restrictions was a $250,000 cap on...
Updating California’s 45-year-old medical negligence cap will help the primarily low-income Californians served by community clinics by improving their access to justice if they are...
