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Constitutionality of MICRA damage caps argued in Court of Appeal Thursday, August 18, 2011
On August 16 in Fresno, a three-judge panel of California’s Fifth District Court of Appeal heard arguments why the state’s MICRA (Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975) law limiting compensation for medical negligence should be overturned.
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The Face of MICRA Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Steven Olsen was a bright 2-year-old when medical negligence left him profoundly brain damaged. Two decades later, his parents remain potent advocates for correcting California’s $250,000 cap on human suffering.
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Breaking the Waves Thursday, February 24, 2011
After a surfing accident left her husband a quadriplegic, Mayra Fornos became a consumer attorney and champion of people with disabilities.
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Jury sends message: understaffing of nursing homes is unacceptable Wednesday, December 8, 2010
A class action suit against Skilled Healthcare resolved in a negotiated settlement of $62.8 million, after Skilled failed to meet legally-mandated minimum staffing levels at its California facilities over a period of years.
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Tackling the Tormentors – California non-profit holds violators of human rights accountable Friday, October 8, 2010
When Mohamed Ali Samantar came to the United States from war-torn Somalia in 1997, he hoped to live quietly in retirement in suburban Virginia. But thanks to a little-known San Francisco human rights group, the former Somali official instead became the focus of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court human rights case.
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Potent flavoring chemical vexes regulators, spurs litigation Monday, May 24, 2010
Bronchiolitis obliterans (“popcorn lung”) has been linked to diacetyl, used in butter flavoring. But substitutes for diacetyl may be causing problems as well.
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Toyota in the docket: acceleration troubles have long history for automakers Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Attorneys Raymond Paul Johnson and Cory Lee trace “sudden unintended accelerations” back three decades and detail the current problems facing Toyota.
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