Hodes Milman 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 California...
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 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 14,...
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...
On April 13, 2021, attorneys Benjamin Ikuta and Michelle Hemesath of Hodes Milman filed suit on behalf of one patient against Kaiser Foundation Hospitals after Kaiser Physician Michael Simental, M.D. repeatedly prescribed excessive hydrocodone, morphine, and fentanyl....
Attorneys Benjamin Ikuta and Michelle Hemesath of Hodes Milman 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 diagnoses...
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...
Hodes Milman 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 the best...
Hodes Milman attorney Benjamin Ikuta was recently featured in the Daily Journal after settling two notable cases in the seven-digit range: a $1.5 million dollar settlement for a pedestrian hit by a car at a crosswalk near an outdoor California shopping center, and a...
With the rise in remote operations across the globe, many physicians are adopting telemedicine services for their practices. Telemedicine, as defined by News Medical, is the act of providing remote clinical services over real-time communication between the patient and...