Negligence / Gross Negligence

In light of research abuses committed in the 20th Century such as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service between 1932 and 1972, and radiation experiments conducted during the Cold War, Congress passed the National Research Act of 1974.

A California hospital terminated a group of ICU nurses. The nurses believe it was a cost cutting measure by a new manager. The hospital claims that a narcotics audit revealed improprieties regarding the administration of narcotics.

A California Ob-Gyn was one of a small group of specialists serving a rural area.  A patient whom the physician had previously treated , having delivered her children, presented with complaints of unusual, continuous bleeding.

The Board of Registered Nursing investigated our client's role in treatment of a hospital patient after a malpractice settlement.  Our client was one of several nurses involved in the patient's treatment.

Our client was an Ob-Gyn accused in a California Medical Board accusation of negligently failing to ensure that a patient with symptoms of possible breast cancer sought an evaluation from a specialist.

A psychiatrist was put on probation by the Medical Board of California following an administrative law hearing in 2010 after an accusation charging negligence and record keeping violations had been filed.