MICRA Cap Applies to Unsupervised Conduct Leading to Death of Child? Attorney Benjamin Ikuta recently wrote an article analyzing a case whose ruling demonstrates exactly how unjust the cap on noneconomic damages is under the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act...
While the law is often imperfect, a dedicated personal injury attorney does everything in their power to help the injured seek compensation for their losses. A recent example of attorney Benjamin Ikuta’s diligence can be seen in the wrongful death case of Rosa Marie...
A horrific and tragic story is told by the surviving loved ones of 65-year-old Concepcion Covarrubias. Her children allege that her death was caused by abuse and negligence at South Coast Global Medical Center in Santa Ana, California. After surviving a COVID-19...
One step has been taken towards justice regarding physician sexual assault allegations against family practitioner Gregory Castillo, M.D. Dr. Castillo has resigned his medical license in the face of irrefutable evidence of sexual misconduct. The next step is making...
In April of 2021, attorneys Jeffrey Milman and Benjamin Ikuta of Hodes Milman, LLP settled a birth injury case against a hospital and OBGYN for $5,700,000. The birth injury settlement was obtained in connection with an infant who received brain damage after improper...
Attorney Benjamin Ikuta recently wrote a powerful article on medical malpractice, Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) caps, and the little-known ways in which medical boards often protect medical professionals over the health and safety of the general...
Hodes Milman, LLP would like to congratulate attorneys Benjamin Ikuta, Michelle Hemesath, and Lee Weiss, who were selected as 2021 Southern California Rising Stars Honorees by Super Lawyers. Benjamin Ikuta was selected in the 'Up-and-Coming 100: 2021 Southern...
Multiple female patients have reported that a registered nurse sexually molested them while receiving care and treatment at Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, California. On June 30, 2021, local authorities arrested Paul Alden Miller for sexual battery and...
Attorneys Benjamin Ikuta and Michelle Hemesath of Hodes Milman, LLP obtained a verdict of $165,884.48 on behalf of 95-year old client Gloria Mikeler. Mikeler suffered a traumatic hip fracture at the age of 93. Before her surgery at Sherman Oaks Hospital on September...
Attorney Benjamin Ikuta recently issued an analysis of Grabowski v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (Cal. Ct. App. No. D076968) a landmark Kaiser arbitration case. The analysis, published in The Los Angeles Daily Journal, explains that the case is critical in...