California Medical Malpractice Case Results

April 7, 2021 – A birth injury case against a hospital and OBGYN. The hospital nurses violated their own hospital policy in administering Pitocin to promote labour despite clear contraindications. When the child was born, he suffered from severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (brain damage as a result of lack of oxygen.)

April 7, 2021 – A birth injury case against a hospital and OBGYN. The hospital nurses violated their own hospital policy in administering Pitocin to promote labour despite clear contraindications. When the child was born, he suffered from severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (brain damage as a result of lack of oxygen.)

February 2, 2023 – Recovery on behalf of a child against a hospital in a medical malpractice action. While her mother was in labor, there were concerning category II strips showing a sinusoidal “sharktooth” like pattern on the Fetal Heart Monitor. While subtle, this was concerning for a fetal-maternal haemorrhage, which required an earlier delivery to avoid injury to the child. When finally born, the child suffered from a hypoxic brain injury.

February 2, 2023 – Recovery on behalf of a child against a hospital in a medical malpractice action. While her mother was in labor, there were concerning category II strips showing a sinusoidal “sharktooth” like pattern on the Fetal Heart Monitor. While subtle, this was concerning for a fetal-maternal haemorrhage, which required an earlier delivery to avoid injury to the child. When finally born, the child suffered from a hypoxic brain injury.

April 15, 2024 – A 74 year old woman was paralyzed from the waist down due to failure to timely diagnose and treat a spinal hematoma. The case was against a hospital and several medical providers.

June 6, 2019 – Settlement in connection with a motorcycle accident. The client sustained fractured ribs, spine injury, fractured ankle and splenic laceration.

December 3, 2025 – A 62-year-old man underwent elective arthroscopic shoulder surgery following a skiing-related injury. Despite dangerously low blood pressure readings before the procedure started, the anesthesiologist allowed surgery to begin without informing the orthopedic surgeon.  Critical minutes passed without properly informing the orthopedic surgeon or getting the Decedent into a supine position. The decedent went into ventricular fibrillation, and although ACLS efforts were initiated, he died shortly thereafter. This settlement covered the anesthesiologist’s full policy limit, plus a payment from his group.

December 5, 2017 – A baby was brain damaged at a hospital after a NICU nurse failed to recognize and treat the symptoms of a bacterial infection.

December 13, 2017 – A case involving a slip-and-fall case against an urgent care center where the patient was not watched despite being severely hypokalemic and hyponatremic. She hit her head when she fell, resulting in a subdural hematoma and intraparenchymal hemorrhage.

November 7, 2022 – Against a teaching hospital and several neurosurgeons, Ikuta Hemesath LLP recovered $2.5 million on behalf of a patient when the 4-level laminoplasty was botched, resulting in significant blood loss and future hemiparesis.

December 2, 2025 – Misinterpretation of diagnostic imaging led to a 10 month delay in diagnosing an aggressive retroperitoneal sarcoma. By the time it was fine, he had a terminal prognosis and a one year life expectancy.

May 25, 2022 – Rear end motor vehicle accident involving injury to the client’s neck, back, shoulder and knee.

October 5, 2020 – Settlement in relation to a pediatric emergency room physician and the hospital she worked at when an infant’s late-onset group B streptococcal infection was not timely diagnosed, resulting in catastrophic brain damage.

October 21, 2020 – Settlement with a fertility clinic that injected the wrong sperm in relation to an IVF procedure called Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection. Fourteen years later, in late 2018, after conducting a genetic testing history through a popular service, the parents learned that the child was not related to the father in any way.

July 31, 2025 – The patient had a mass in her breast which was reported as benign. However, the mass was later determined to be cancerous and she was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer. 

August 27, 2025 – 44 year old man presented to hospital around midnight with chest pain, diaphoresis and nausea.  Hospital failed to inform interventional cardiologist of critical rising troponin levels, leading to delay of cardiac catheterization and his death shortly thereafter.

March 30, 2026 – The patient presented to an urgent care with complaints of abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, fever, chills, and an elevated heart rate. Four days later, the patient returned to the urgent care with ongoing complaints. She was sent to the hospital in severe sepsis and died within hours of arriving. 

April 25, 2025 – Plaintiff, age 68, had diligently seen his PCP for nine years and despite his family history of prostate cancer and his age, was never offered PSA testing. By the time he was symptomatic, he had Stage IV metastatic prostate cancer with spinal involvement.

April 29, 2026 – A 38-year old husband and father to be had a fall at home requiring extensive orthopedic surgery to fix his fractured femur and elbow. He was at high risk of clots due to prior cancer and blood clots but was only prescribed low dose Aspirin at discharge. He subsequently suffered from deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, leading to his death.

February 14, 2025- Mother presented to the hospital for the birth of her first baby, but despite hours of fetal distress, the baby was not delivered in a timely manner, leading to global brain damage. He died shortly thereafter.

June 3, 2026 – An active 36-year-old husband and father went to ER for severe pain on his right side radiating into his thigh. Imaging was performed, but the results were reported as normal. A 10 cm mass was found a year and a half later, a mass that had been present at the initial imaging. Despite aggressive treatment, he died 14 months later.

January 29, 2018 – Our team represented a patient who suffered severe neurologic injury after providers failed to timely diagnose and treat pituitary apoplexy and acute adrenal insufficiency. Despite a known history of pituitary disease, appropriate steroid treatment was delayed, leading to shock and hypoxic brain injury. The case resolved through settlement for $1.5 million.

April 9, 2026 -Settlement with a bariatric surgeon relating to a gastric sleeve procedure. Following the procedure, the patient experienced a leak and a subsequent aortoesophageal fistula. This settlement was above the surgeon’s policy limit.

January 16, 2026 – Plaintiff mother presented at 29 weeks pregnant with bleeding and decreased fetal movement. Defendants failed to maintain continuous monitoring and respond to non-reassuring fetal heart tracings, which led to a delay in an emergency C-section. Baby died shortly after birth, though Defendants contended it was a fetal demise.

April 8, 2025 – A 64-year-old man presented to the ER with chest pain and very high blood pressure. Despite a history of ulcers and vomiting coffee ground emesis, a clear sign of internal bleeding, no labs or imaging were performed. By the time his care was escalated, it was too late and he died the following day.

January 2, 2026 – Settlement with a hospital and medical group relating to the death of a 38 week old fetus. 

February 17, 2026 – Settlement with a medical group relating to the misdiagnosis of the patient with Evans syndrome, a rare hematologic disorder. 

November 25, 2025 – Following a routine hand surgery, Plaintiff had 10/10 pain and went to see mutliple providers in group about her symptoms, all were ignored. No escalation occurred for 12 days, leaving Plaintiffi with permanent nerve damage and CRPS.

September 20, 2025 – Wrongful death of 72 year old man after he presented to hospital with concerning cardiac symtpoms and was sent home with only an inhaler, despite never having asthma. He suffered cardiac arrest that evening and died.

September 19, 2025 – Decedent had a CT scan that noted a benign mass, but this was not communicated to the Plaintiff or his family. By the time it was found more than 2 years later it had increased and become renal cell carcinoma, leading to death.

April 23, 2025 – 94 year old woman was at a skilled nursing facility and showing classic signs of infection. No meaningful action was taken for 2 days. When urinalysis was finally ordered, antibiotics were delayed, leading to sepsis and death.

April 3, 2026 – 22 year old student graduate student sent home from the same emergency department twice, 8 days apart despite documented tachycardia, splenic infarcts, infectious mononucleosis and pancreatitis. She died four days after the second ER visit due to pulmonary embolism and infectious mononucleosis.

May 18, 2023 – The firm represented the family of a patient who died after providers failed to diagnose clear signs of coronary artery disease. Despite repeated complaints of chest pain, appropriate cardiac testing and referral were not pursued, resulting in a fatal cardiac event. The case resolved through settlement, with statutory offers to compromise totaling $500,000, subject to applicable malpractice caps.