Patients Rights
Bill Gradually Raising California Medical Malpractice Awards As High As $1 Million Advances
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 to the State Assembly after Senate lawmakers...
Whistleblower Or Flamethrower? California Medical Board Member Calls Out His Colleagues
By Melody Gutierrez, LOS ANGELES TIMES
November 17, 2021
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-17/california-medical-board-member-calls-out-his-colleagues
SACRAMENTO — The pleas for help find him. They arrive by email or seep into his social media account. One showed up in a tightly...
Families Fighting For Fairness Act Say Medical Board Failure As Outlined by Whistleblower Makes Case For Ballot Measure To Change 1975 Medical Negligence Law
Los Angeles, CA -- Families of injured patients whose medical negligence cases have been disregarded by the California medical board today voiced their support for the public member of...
Coalition Forms To Champion Medical Negligence Cap Initiative
By Andrew Sheeler, SACRAMENTO BEE - CAPITOL ALERT
November 11, 2021
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article255710171.html
In 2022, California voters will decide whether to raise the $250,000 cap on payouts in medical negligence lawsuit payouts, indexing...
Coalition of Medical Negligence Survivors Launches New Storytelling Website, PatientsForFairness.org, Backs Patient Safety Initiative On California Ballot One Year From Today
Los Angeles, CA -- A coalition of patients and families harmed by medical negligence launched a new website today – www.PatientsForFairness.org – one year before Election Day 2022 when Californians will vote...
California’s 45-Year-Old Limits on Patient Rights Must Be Updated
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 non-economic or quality of...
Mother’s Day Edition: Know Your Heath Care Rights
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog released “Know Your Rights When Your Family is in the Hospital” tips that every consumer should know sharing the recent changes giving patients new visitation rights for California hospitals.
"Expectant mothers...
Jamie Court Discusses the Fairness for Injured Patients Act on KGO Radio SF
By Pat Thurston, KGO AM Radio San Francisco, CA
November 12, 2019
https://omny.fm/shows/the-pat-thurston-show/november-12-2019-lawsuit-for-people-injured-throug
Click here to listen to this audio segment from this radio broadcast featuring Jamie Court speaking with host Pat...
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