by Benjamin Ikuta | Jul 17, 2019 | Blog
Most settlements, especially those involving doctors and hospitals, involve confidentiality provisions. They are almost always a condition of settlement and the defense will refuse to settle a case without one. The California Supreme Court on July 11, 2019 held in... by Benjamin Ikuta | Jun 29, 2019 | Blog
Ben Ikuta of Hodes Milman, LLP recently settled a wrongful death case against a Los Angeles area hospital. On January 20, 2017, the 66-year old Decedent successfully underwent a thrombectomy and angioplasty surrounding a clotted fistula at a different hospital. At... by Benjamin Ikuta | Jun 29, 2019 | Blog
Code of Civil Procedure section 998 is a powerful tool that promotes settlements in California. When a party sends a section 998 offer for a monetary amount, the other side has 30 days to respond to it. If the offer is rejected or the 30-day period lapses, there can... 
by HM Team | Jan 25, 2019 | Blog
Dan Hodes is pursuing justice as lead counsel on behalf of dozens of families whose children were used to meet dental quotas and sickened by a deadly bacteria found in a dental clinic’s water system. Parents of affected children joined a growing lawsuit against... 
by HM Team | Sep 5, 2018 | Blog
During stopped or slow-moving traffic in California, motorcycles are allowed to pass between cars. This maneuver is known as lane-splitting and is only legal in California. The California Highway Patrol published guidelines on motor lane-splitting for experienced... 
by HM Team | Aug 15, 2018 | Blog, News
If you have experienced the death of a loved one, it’s normal to feel overwhelmed and confused, whether it was sudden or expected. However, losing a loved one can be doubly difficult to recover from when it was a wrongful death. Families of wrongful death victims can...