Medical Malpracticed Stockton Californians Cannot Receive Justice

Larry Knapp — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:27:27 GMT

This is a great video on the outdated laws in the state of California regarding medical malpractice. While it advocates amending the 1975 cap that was established on non-economic damages so long ago and has not changed since, it does not go far enough. MICRA was established by coercive means, under circumstances whereby the insurance industry held the legislature hostage, using doctors to threaten to leave the state. The lies that were told to the law makers to get MICRA past have been repeatedly been exposed as false. An artificial cap on damages is and should be unconstitutional (several other states have so declared). Unfortunately, the judiciary in this state saw fit to endorse the cap. Hopefully, the public will become enlightened through efforts like this video and the cap will be removed from the books.

For more information on this subject, please refer to the section on Medical Malpractice and Negligent Care.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Larry Knapp

Woman Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Chico for West Niles Death

Chrissie Cole — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:42:55 GMT

A woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, seeking $50 million in damages, against the City of Chico for her husband's death who died of West Nile virus last year.

The woman said she considering filing a lawsuit last year and was about to give up when she changed her mind after becoming ill with the virus herself this summer.

While she did not go to the hospital, she claims she was sick at home for four weeks. Her husband, in his 80s, contracted the virus last summer and was hospitalized for several weeks prior to his death in the fall.

He was the second person to die of West Nile Virus last year.

Some neighbors said they thought their area was a West Nile "hot spot" because of a city-owned detention pond that appeared to be an ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes.
They claimed the city had allowed debris to collect at the pond's drainage point, which led to a mosquito problem. Health officials, however, said there didn't seem to be evidence that West Nile was a greater problem in that neighborhood than most other places in the county.

According to the State Department of Public Health, there have been 108 cases of West Nile virus so far this year in California. Five people died.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Chrissie Cole

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Medical Malpracticed Stockton Californians Cannot Receive Justice

Woman Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Chico for West Niles Death