by HMI Team | May 27, 2021 | Blog
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...
by HMI Team | Apr 23, 2021 | Blog
On April 13, 2021, attorneys Benjamin Ikuta and Michelle Hemesath of Hodes Milman Ikuta LLP filed suit on behalf of one patient against Kaiser Foundation Hospitals after Kaiser Physician Michael Simental, M.D. repeatedly prescribed excessive hydrocodone, morphine, and...
by HMI Team | Apr 13, 2021 | Blog
Attorneys Benjamin Ikuta and Michelle Hemesath of Hodes Milman Ikuta LLP filed suit on April 2, 2021 on behalf of four patients who were illegally dispersed narcotic opioids and other medications under the table. Reza Ray Ehsan, M.D., a family practitioner, fabricated...
by HMI Team | Mar 25, 2021 | Blog
An $851.6 million settlement has been reached in the George Tyndall case involving sexual assault at the University of Southern California (USC). The former USC gynecologist has surrendered his medical license, as hundreds of women came forward with allegations of...
by HMI Team | Mar 2, 2021 | Blog
Hodes Milman Ikuta, LLP is pleased to welcome Attorney Michelle Buxton Hemesath to the team. Michelle began her career representing healthcare providers and brings an intimate knowledge of how insurance companies handle lawsuits. Her practice now focuses on providing...
by HMI Team | Feb 26, 2021 | Blog
Whenever a patient receives medical care, the healthcare provider rendering that care is obligated to use the level of skill, care, and knowledge that a reasonably careful provider would use in the same or similar circumstances. When due care is not used in the...
