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View full case report Medical Malpractice
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types: Medical Malpractice
Case: Russell Samet v. Columbia West Hills Medical Center, Arto Haddadian, M.D., Max F. Finkel, M.D. and Frank C. Camdela, M.D.
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Van Nuys
State: CA
Date: February 14, 2003
Experts: Dorothy A. Pollock (Hacienda Heights CA) Nursing
Summary: On Nov. 27, 1999, plaintiff Russell Samet, a 51-year-old optometrist, went to Columbia West Hills Medical Center emergency room and was diagnosed as having a ruptured diverticula. He had emergency sur...
View full case report Medical Malpractice
Award:$314,116.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Medical Malpractice - Hospital
Case: Sybil Green v. Paradise Valley Hospital
Venue: Superior Court of San Diego County, San Diego
State: CA
Date: July 01, 2003
Experts: Dorothy A. Pollock (Hacienda Heights CA) Nursing
Summary: On March 16, 2001, plaintiff Sybil Green, a 54-year-old homemaker, had abdominal surgery performed at Paradise Valley Hospital in National City. After the surgery, a peripheral I.V. line was placed in...
View full case report Medical Malpractice
Award:$2,415,476.70 | Settlement
Case Types:Medical Malpractice - Anesthesiology | Wrongful Death
Case: Christine Brown, Mark Brown, Adam Brown and Matthew Brown v. St. Jude Medical Center, St. Jude Hospital, Merlin Neff, M.D. and Zain Kadri, M.D.
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Santa Ana
State: CA
Date: November 01, 2003
Experts: Dorothy A. Pollock (Hacienda Heights CA) Nursing
Summary: On Dec. 7, 2001, the plaintiffs' decedent, Thomas Brown, 52, vice president of an airplane part repair company, was admitted to St. Jude Hospital in Fullerton for elective sinus surgery. Merlin Neff, ...
View full case report Premises Liability
Award:$175,000.00 | Mediated Settlement
Case Types:Premises Liability - Dangerous Condition
Case: Mary Grace Cichetti v. Old Navy Stores
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Santa Monica
State: CA
Date: April 12, 2004
Experts: Dorothy A. Pollock (Hacienda Heights CA) Nursing
Summary: On July 26, 2001, plaintiff Mary Cichetti, 75 and retired, was shopping in the Old Navy Store on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. While in the store, Cichetti tripped over a one-half-inch e...
View full case report Medical Malpractice
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types:Medical Malpractice - Hospital | Medical Malpractice - Post-Operative Care
Case: Angela McCoy, by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Anne McCoy v. La Palma Intercommunity Hospital
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Santa Ana
State: CA
Date: February 17, 2005
Experts: Dorothy A. Pollock (Hacienda Heights CA) Nursing
Summary: On Oct. 4, 2002, plaintiff Angela McCoy, then 36, a mortgage loan officer, went to La Palma Intercommunity Hospital for a minor outpatient gynecological surgery procedure under general anesthesia. She...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$1,000,000.00 | Settlement
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Left Turn | Motor Vehicle - Intersection | Negligence | Motor Vehicle - Question of Lights | Motor Vehicle - Alcohol Involvement-Defendant
Case: Betty Vrooman v. Geoffrey Perez and So. Cal. Glaziers & Glass Workers
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Santa Ana
State: CA
Date: January 18, 2006
Experts: Dorothy Pollock (Hacienda Heights CA) Nurse Practitioner
Summary: On March 11, 2005, plaintiff Betty Vrooman, 71, a semi-retired nurse, was driving a rental car southbound on Knott Avenue in Garden Grove. She claimed that she was turning left onto Chapman Avenue on ...
View full case report Non-Motor Vehicle
Award:$162,000.00 | Settlement
Case Types:Non-Motor Vehicle - Bicycle | Negligence
Case: Angela Chen v. John David Lynn
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County
State: CA
Date: June 14, 2006
Experts: Dorothy A. Pollock (Hacienda Heights CA) Nursing
Summary: On April 16, 2004, plaintiff Angela Chen, a graduate student in her 20s, was walking on a sidewalk at the University of California-Irvine campus when she was struck by a bicycle that was being ridden ...
View full case report Medical Malpractice
Award:$9,047,003.00 | Verdict-Mixed
Case Types:Medical Malpractice - General Surgery | Wrongful Death - Survival Damages | Wrongful Death
Case: Michael Beglin, individually and on behalf of himself, William Patrick Beglin and Kelly Ann Beglin and the Estate of Jennifer Beglin v. University Medical Center Inc. d/b/a University of Louisville Hospital, Susan Glandieuk, M.D. and Guy Lerner, M.D.
Venue: Jefferson County Circuit Court
State: KY
Date: August 01, 2006
Experts: Dorothy A. Pollock (Hacienda Heights CA) Nursing
Summary: On July 14, 2003, Jennifer Beglin, 40, financial analyst, who had Crohn's disease, was admitted to University of Louisville Hospital Inc. d/b/a University of Louisville Hospital for a completion prote...
View full case report Medical Malpractice
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types:Medical Malpractice - Back Surgery | Medical Malpractice - Nurse | Medical Malpractice - Delayed Treatment
Case: Leo V. Corcoran v. Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Norwalk
State: CA
Date: November 14, 2007
Experts: Dorothy A. Pollock (Hacienda Heights CA) Nursing
Summary: On April 11, 2005, Leo Corcoran, a 54-year-old sheet metal worker, underwent a cervical discectomy and fusion at the Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier.

Six hours after arriving...

View full case report Wrongful Death
Award:n/a | Settlement
Case Types: Wrongful Death | Medical Malpractice - Nurse
Case: Jane Doe, Doe Adult Son and Doe Adult Daughter v. Unnamed Hospital
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Central
State: CA
Date: March 21, 2008
Experts: Dorothy A. Pollock (Hacienda Heights CA) Nursing
Summary: On Feb. 27, 2005, plaintiff's decedent, John Doe, 60, an investor, fell out of his hospital bed, hitting his head. He sustained fatal injuries.

The decedent's widow and adult son and daughter sued...

View full case report Medical Malpractice
Award:$1,000,000.00 | Mediated Settlement
Case Types:Medical Malpractice - Foreign Object | Medical Malpractice - Surgical Error | Medical Malpractice - Hospital | Medical Malpractice - Informed Consent | Intentional Torts - Battery
Case: John Doe v. Roe Surgeon and Roe Hospital
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Santa Ana
State: CA
Date: September 30, 2008
Experts: Dorothy A. Pollock (Hacienda Heights CA) Nursing
Summary: On Dec. 5, 2005, the plaintiff, a 35-year-old software recruiter, underwent an open wedge resection biopsy of a suspected renal cell carcinoma.

In his operative report, the surgeon stated that he...

View full case report Medical Malpractice
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types:Medical Malpractice - Negligent Treatment | Medical Malpractice - Failure to Refer | Medical Malpractice - Informed Consent | Privacy - Invasion of Privacy | Intentional Torts - Fraud | Intentional Torts - Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
Case: Nancy Steele v. Jamshid Nazarian, M.D.; Jamshid Nazarian Inc., a Calif. Corp.; Temple Hospital Corporation d/b/a Temple Community Hospital; and Does 1 through 50
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Central
State: CA
Date: August 06, 2009
Experts: Dorothy A. Pollock (Hacienda Heights CA) Nursing
Summary: On April 7, 2005, plaintiff Nancy Steele, 62, a customer service representative, visited general surgeon Jamshid Nazarian with complaints of weight gain. Steele had undergone a jejunoileal bypass appr...
View full case report Products Liability
Award:$10,275,000.00 | Mediated Settlement
Case Types:Products Liability - Breach of Warranty | Strict Liability | Products Liability - Design Defect | Agency/Apparent Agency - Vicarious Liability | Products Liability - Manufacturing Defect | Motor Vehicle - Motorcycle | Motor Vehicle - Weather Conditions | Products Liability - Failure to Warn
Case: George Henry Wood v. Holliday Rock Co., Holliday Trucking Inc., Rancho Ready Mix, Double D Concrete, Rodney Davis, William Scott, Brevela Scott, Roe Truck Manufacturer, Roe Repair Shop and Roe Helmet Manufacturer and Distributor
Venue: Superior Court of San Bernardino County, Rancho Cucamonga
State: CA
Date: November 18, 2009
Experts: Dorothy A. Pollock (Hacienda Heights CA) Nursing
Summary: On Oct. 26, 2004, plaintiff George Henry Wood, a California Highway Patrol officer, drove a motorcycle over hydraulic fluid on a roadway. He lost control of the motorcycle and fell to the asphalt, str...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$750,000.00 | Settlement
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Pedestrian
Case: Keith Lockett v. Andres Alberto Perez, Martin Perez and V.P. Trucking
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Compton
State: CA
Date: February 21, 2002
Experts: Dorothy A. Pollock (Hacienda Heights CA) Nursing
Summary: A sheriff, injured while attempting to issue a roadside citation when the motorist he was citing accelerated his truck, settled his case for the full policy limits of $750,000.

On Feb. 1, 2000, defe...

View full case report Premises
Award:$250,000.00 | Settlement
Case Types: Premises
Case: Confidential
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Torrance
State: CA
Date: May 24, 2000
Experts: Dorothy A. Pollock (Hacienda Heights CA) Nursing
Summary: 9/7/98, Plaintiff, a 42-year-old retired male from the army, was at the checkout stand paying for groceries when a panel from the checkout stand disengaged and fell on his left foot. Plaintiff was ini...
View full case report Medical Malpractice
Award:$1,150,000.00 | Settlement
Case Types: Medical Malpractice | Medical Malpractice
Case: Confidential (Medical Malpractice)
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Santa Monica
State: CA
Date: March 01, 2000
Experts: Dorothy A. Pollock (Hacienda Heights CA) Nursing
Summary: May 12, 1997, Decedent, a 64-year-old shoe importer, underwent a laparoscopic splenectomy (removal of the spleen) for nosebleed and low platelet counts. Defendant internist, after treating plaintiff f...
View full case report Medical Malpractice
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types: Medical Malpractice
Case: Dottie Huecker v. Riverside Community Hospital and Leo Raterman, M.D.
Venue: Superior Court of Riverside County, Riverside
State: CA
Date: March 13, 2002
Experts: Dorothy A. Pollock (Hacienda Heights CA) Nursing
Summary: A Riverside jury found in favor of a hospital and a surgeon who were alleged to have negligently left a surgical needle in a patient's abdomen during a surgery.

On Oct. 13, 1999, the plaintiff, a 62...

View full case report Medical Malpractice
Award:$2,050,000.00 | Settlement
Case Types: Medical Malpractice
Case: Jane Doe and John Doe v. Roe Anesthesiologist and Roe Hospital
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Pomona
State: CA
Date: May 16, 2002
Experts: Dorothy A. Pollock (Hacienda Heights CA) Nursing
Summary: A defendant hospital and anesthesiologist, paid in excess of $2 million to a 41-year-old woman, a former court reporter, who underwent an elective hysterectomy which resulted in severe brain-damage.
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