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In San Diego, throughout California and across the United States, nursing home abuse is a constant concern. People who need to place an elderly, ill or infirm loved one in a nursing home do so expecting that there will be the proper care and treatment provided....

As with many types of California personal injury claims, proving medical malpractice takes several steps. While plaintiffs and their attorneys often can readily prove that the doctor's or institution's standard of care fell below acceptable levels, proving that the...

Active-duty military personnel living in California possess a right to the same medical care enjoyed by everyone else. These service members cannot file lawsuits directly against the United States government when a doctor's error causes them injury. However, the 2020...

San Diego, California, is home to a major Naval base, so it's important for people stationed there to understand that it's now possible to bring medical malpractice cases against the military. After a 1950 Supreme Court decision, Feres v. United States, it was nearly...

Erb's palsy can be a traumatic birth injury, so California parents are understandably worried when it happens to their children. Erb's palsy is a condition caused when a baby's neck is stretched too far to one side during a difficult delivery. This stretching usually...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Americans visited doctors an estimated 880 million times in 2016. Although doctors in California typically go through more than 10 years of schooling and training before earning their medical licenses,...

Many families have felt the heartache of losing a family member while they were serving in the military. Unfortunately, some have felt that heartache because of actions taken by military doctors. Until Congress passed the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, there...

Medical malpractice in California involves causing harm to a patient due to errors or neglect. It also extends to any part of the hospital or facility caring for patients. Many errors occur in the emergency rooms (ERs) of hospitals because of the hectic nature, but it...

In today's world of modern medicine, giving birth in California is much safer than it was even a few decades ago, but that doesn't mean that doctors are infallible. Thousands of birth injuries occur in hospitals every year, which can lead the parents to sue physicians...

It's understandable for many within California and the rest of the industrialized world to not fully understand what kernicterus is. That is because cases of newborns being born with kernicterus are only 2.7 out of every 100,000 infants. However, globally that number...