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Steven Jay Weinberg
Palm Desert Medical Malpractice Attorney.
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Caps on Damages in Medical Malpractice Cases Harm Patients and do not Reduce Premiums

Written by attorney Steven Weinberg, 10 months ago.

In 1975, the California Legislature past a law known as MICRA, which among other things limits the compensation (damages) a victim of medical malpractice or their surviving family may obtain to $250,000.00 for non-economic damages for pain and suffering, or in the case of the ...

MediCare Never Happen Events Happen and they are Malpractice

Written by attorney Steven Weinberg, 10 months ago.

In 2008 Medicare implemented a policy requiring hospitals to report the occurrence of what it described as "never events." These never events are bad things that should never happen to a patient while they are in the hospital. California adopted this law and specified numerou...