Medical Malpractice

Does MICRA apply to that fall in the doctor’s office?

Flores and its progeny and their impact on whether MICRA controls your case or it proceeds as a premises-liability action

From Issue: 2022 March

Med-mal litigators say they are more likely to win plaintiff awards at arbitration than at trial

Ruling in med-mal case sets makes new law for making or responding to CCP 998 offers

MICRA and ambulances involved in auto accidents; also, PAGA waivers, the trivial-defect doctrine

Don’t follow CCP § 364 in your medical malpractice cases

FAA does not apply when son with power of attorney signs arbitration agreement with hospital, later sues for elder abuse in father’s death

From Issue: 2018 April

A look at Prop 51, battery versus med mal, the sudden-emergency doctrine in auto accidents, and genuine-dispute doctrine in health insurance

MICRA and claims based on generally applicable duties of care, as opposed to “professional negligence”