A Porter Ranch family has filed a lawsuit against Southern California Gas Co. and Sempra Energy after the companies failed to take responsibility for their medical and relocation needs when hundreds of Porter Ranch residents were forced out of their homes and sickened...
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Catholic Hospital Interferes with Patient’s Care Based on Religious Beliefs
With her third child on the way, Rebecca Chamorro, 33, and her husband decided to request a tubal ligation after her Cesarean section delivery, because they did not want any more children. When her physician, Samuel Van Kirk, requested permission from the hospital to...
If I’m Injured in Arizona, Who Pays My Medical?
In personal injury cases, one of the immediate concerns is the cost of medical treatment. Depending on the type and severity of the injury, medical treatment may be extensive and ongoing. In Arizona, victims do have the right to recover medical costs associated with a...
Product Liability Lawsuit Against Apple For Not Providing Adequate Updates for Older iPhone Models
Apple is now facing a class action lawsuit for not providing updates that are adequate for older iPhone models. The lawsuit claims that the company purposefully created the newest update, iOS 9, to slow down older iPhones so customers will be forced to buy newer, more...
Lawsuit Against LAUSD Alleges Students Were Forced to Take Phony Classes, Denying Them of Necessary Credits
A lawsuit has recently been settled, which accused California schools of forcing students to take phony classes in place of real credits, denying students of their necessary education. In one case, a Fremont high school senior claimed that she would request various...
48-Year-Old Man with Disabilities Suffers Permanent Injuries; $235,000 Settlement
Hodes, Milman & Liebeck represented a 48-year-old man with disabilities who suffered permanent injuries at the hands of a doctor. The case was settled for a total of $235,000, which included medical fees and a settlement for the man’s wife.
31-Year-Old Mother Suffers Fatal Complication from Cosmetic Surgery; Settled for $935,000
Hours after undergoing a cosmetic procedure that included an augmentation mammoplasty, liposuction and abdominoplasty, a 31-year-old mother of four began complaining of pain to her husband and shaking as if having a seizure. She was transported to the hospital by...
Woman Suffers Permanent Neuropathy Due to Misdiagnosis; Settlement of $950,000
Hodes Milman is representing a 69-year-old woman who is suffering from permanent neuropathy due to a negligent misdiagnosis. In Feb. 2014, the woman was referred to a doctor who misread a skeletal x-ray and erroneously diagnosed her as having multiple myeloma. The...
Lumbar Decompression Surgery Complications Cause 58-Year-Old Man to Suffer from Neurogenic Bowel and Bladder; $720,000 Awarded At Arbitration
A neurosurgeon and neurosurgical resident performed a decompressive lumbar laminectomy on a 58-year-old man. A durotomy occurred during the surgery ,causing injury to his sacral nerve roots S-2, S-3 and S-4. As a result, the man suffers from a neurogenic bowel and...
Defective Wine Carrier Causes Accident that Severs Woman’s Achilles Tendon; Settlement of $92,500
A 77-year-old woman purchased six bottles of wine packaged in a paper wine carrier that broke upon removal from her car, causing the bottles to shatter on her driveway. The glass caused severe lacerations on the woman’s ankle, requiring 32 stitches. It was later...