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The family of the late actor Bill Paxton has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit against a Los Angeles hospital and the surgeon who performed his heart surgery shortly before he died in 2017 ...
A Southern California family is suing a medical center for elder abuse, negligence and wrongful death, after alleging they found their mother in disturbing,
Molina’s parents filed a lawsuit in March 2021 alleging his wrongful death on the part of the fraternity and the man who shot him, Zackary Flores. Flores died July 3 at the age of 26 from ...
Jahi McMath was a thirteen-year-old girl who was declared brain dead in California following surgery in 2013. This led to a bioethical debate engendered by her family's rejection of the medicolegal findings of death in the case, and their efforts to maintain her body using mechanical ventilation and other measures.
Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, 27 Cal. 3d 916 (1980), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of California that first recognized that a "direct victim" of negligence can recover damages for emotional distress without an accompanying physical injury. [1]
Wrongful death is a type of legal claim or cause of action against a person who can be held liable for a death. [1] The claim is brought in a civil action, usually by close relatives, as authorized by statute. In wrongful death cases, survivors are compensated for the harm and losses they have suffered after losing a loved one.
After Jeffrey Piccolo filed a wrongful death suit against the company on behalf of his late wife who suffered a fatal allergy attack following a meal at a Disney World restaurant, the ...
Another study notes that about 1.14 million patient-safety incidents occurred among the 37 million hospitalizations in the Medicare population over the years 2000–2002. Hospital costs associated with such medical errors were estimated at $324 million in October 2008 alone. [6] Approximately 17,000 malpractice cases are filed in the U.S. each ...