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California Supreme Court Holds That Confidentiality Provisions Against Attorneys are Valid
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...
$225,000 Wrongful Death Recovery after Dialysis Patient Bleeds to Death in a Hospital.
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...
Court of Appeal Says 7 Months is Enough Time to Evaluate a Million Dollar Offer and Penalizes the Defense
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...
Dan Hodes Leads Lawsuit for 150 Families Suing Children’s Dental Group
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...
Motorcycles & Lane-Splitting: Who is at Fault?
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...
Wrongful Death: When Should You File a Claim?
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...
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