Mailer: 'Thank You, Assembly Speaker.' But For What?
Thursday, October 3, 2013By Christopher Cadelago, SACRAMENTO BEE CAPITOL ALERTSACRAMENTO BEE CAPITOL ALERT Related Focus Areas: Medical MalpracticeReforming Politicsread more
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Shouldn't Doctors Have To Pee In The Cup Too?
Pilots, college athletes, bus drivers and Disneyland cast members all are subjected to mandatory drug testing, but not the doctor performing open heart surgery, or a vasectomy. Not yet. Substance abuse...
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To the Ballot for Alana and Troy
Bob PackYesterday, at the 10th memorial of my children’s death, we started a march to the ballot for patient safety. I hope you will join us. My seven year old, Alana, and ten year old, Troy, died...
View ArticleMedical Malpractice Initiative Could Kick Off Huge Political Battle
Thursday, October 31, 2013By Timm Herdt, VENTURA COUNTY STARVENTURA COUNTY STARSACRAMENTO - Buoyed by a favorable ballot title and summary prepared by Attorney General Kamala Harris, backers of an...
View ArticleInitiative Would Raise Cap on Medical Malpractice Damages
Monday, November 11, 2013By Ben Adler, CAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO (Sacramento, CA)CAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO (Sacramento, CA)Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast.California’s high-stakes...
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Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Following Doctor's Comment That Physician Drug...
Rocklin Doctor Caught Splitting IV With Patient While Administering AnesthesiaContact Info Name:Bob Pack, Jamie Court and Carmen Balber Phone Number:Bob Pack (925) 918-0843, Jamie Court (310) 392-0075,...
View ArticlePhysician Group in Favor of Provisions Dropped From New California Law
Wednesday, December 11, 2013By David Gorn, CALIFORNIA HEALTHLINECALIFORNIA HEALTHLINEThe American College of Physicians yesterday published a position paper in a medical journal that supports mandatory...
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Attorney General, District Attorney and Medical Board Should Take Over...
Contact Info Name:Jamie Court & Carmen Balber Phone Number:Jamie, 310-874-9989; or Carmen, 310-526-0746Wednesday, December 18, 2013 Related Focus Areas: Access to JusticeMedical...
View ArticleFamily Of Girl Left Brain Dead At Children's Hospital Oakland Demands Medical...
Thursday, December 19, 2013By Kristin J. Bender, OAKLAND TRIBUNEOAKLAND TRIBUNEOAKLAND -- A family still outraged by a routine surgery that left a 13-year-old girl brain dead now says hospital...
View ArticleJahi McMath Case Is Rife With Tragedy And Politics
Sunday, January 5, 2014By Dan Morain, SACRAMENTO BEESACRAMENTO BEEJOIN THE CONVERSATION: Should damages for pain and suffering in a medical malpractice case be capped at $250,000? To write a letter, go...
View ArticleOp-Ed Commentary: Hospital Incentive To Bury Mistakes Must Be Rectified
Monday, January 6, 2014Op-Ed by Jamie Court & Bruce Fagel, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLESAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLEThe following Op-Ed commentary was published in the San Francisco Chronicle on Monday,...
View ArticleAnother View: Patient and Consumer Initiatives Willl Save Lives and Money
Sunday, January 12, 2014Op-Ed Commentary by Jamie Court & Carmen Balber, SACRAMENTO BEESACRAMENTO BEEThe following Op-Ed Commentary was published in the Sacramento Bee on Sunday, January 12,...
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Iron Kay -- Insurance Companies Pick Fight With Wrong Family
Dan Shea’s Aunt Kay was 83, vibrant and healthy in 2011, when she suffered terrible injuries in a head-on accident. Kay spent five months in the hospital rehabilitating and being repaired with so many...
View ArticleVoters May Decide Medical Malpractice Cap
Tuesday, February 18, 2014By Melanie Mason, LOS ANGELES TIMESLOS ANGELES TIMESLawyers and consumer groups are getting signatures for a ballot measure to increase 1975's pain and suffering limit of...
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KTVU TV-2 Investigates: Family Solicited For Hospital Donations After Child's...
Source:KTVU TV-2Some tragedies at hospitals might be unavoidable, but a mother and father who lost their 21 month old daughter at Children's Hospital Oakland say it's what happened after their...
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Terrifying
Jamie CourtIt's unbelievable. A heart surgeon, who is practicing today, has a history of walking out on patients in the middle of open heart surgeries, according to a hospital administrator who filed...
View ArticleJahi McMath: Family Calls State Report 'B.S.'; New Medical Record Details Emerge
Thursday, March 13, 2014By Matthias Gafni, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWSSAN JOSE MERCURY NEWSThe family of Jahi McMath and their attorney lashed out Thursday at a state report concluding that Children's...
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Consumer Watchdog Campaign: California Ballot Initiative Will Enact Nation’s...
USA TODAY Reports That Every Year 103,000 Medical Professionals Abuse Drugs, Placing Patient Lives At RiskContact Info Name:Carmen Balber Phone Number:310-392-0522 x323 Related Focus Areas: Medical...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014By Phillip Matier & Andrew Ross, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLESAN FRANCISCO...
View ArticleMedical Malpractice Initiative Qualifies For November Ballot
Thursday, May 15, 2014By Melanie Mason, LOS ANGELES TIMES PolitiCal BLOGLOS ANGELES TIMES PolitiCal BLOGMeasure to lift ceiling on medical malpractice judgments qualifies for California's November...
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