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ANNOUNCEMENTS QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER: WINTER 2024
We are excited to announce that Miriam Ortiz and Elton Rushing have joined the Hassard Bonnington team as Associate Attorneys. We also welcome Hilary Youngblood to the team as Of Counsel.
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APPELLATE COURT UPHOLDS RECENT MICRA DECISION: WINTER 2024
On December 1, 2023, the California Court of Appeal for the Sixth Appellate District (San Jose), in a 2-1 decision, held the trial court correctly concluded that the MICRA one-year statute of limitations applied to plaintiff’s negligence claims in Gutierrez v. Tostado. The plaintiff was injured when his car was rear-ended by an ambulance which […]
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RECENT AMENDMENTS MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO CALIFORNIA’S DISCOVERY ACT: WINTER 2024
California CCP § 2016.090 has recently been amended resulting in significant change to California’s Discovery Act. For all cases filed on or after January 1, 2024, parties are required to exchange initial disclosures within 60 days of a demand from any party, which aligns California more closely with federal initial disclosure requirements. Pursuant to the […]
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ANNOUNCEMENTS Quarterly Newsletter: Fall 2023
We are pleased to announce that Elton Rushing, has joined Hassard Bonnington as a Law Fellow. Elton recently graduated from UC Law SF. Prior to law school, Elton gained valuable clinical healthcare experience working as a Registered Nurse (RN). We are very excited to bring Elton’s expertise and diverse background to our team.
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MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA’S NEW PRESCRIBING GUIDELINES: FALL 2023
In July of 2023, the Medical Board of California (MBC) issued an update to the 2014 Guidelines for Prescribing Controlled Substances for Pain. In the past several years, the MBC has taken a very hard line with respect to the prescription of controlled substances, including its work on the “death certificate” project. As a result, […]
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ANNOUNCEMENTS Quarterly Newsletter: Summer 2023
We are pleased to announce that Phillip Goldberg, a longtime partner of Hassard Bonnington, recently returned to the firm in an Of Counsel position. His practice remains focused on the representation of physicians and physician organizations. He serves as general counsel to most of his clients. Mr. Goldberg is an enormous asset to HB’s healthcare […]
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New Private Remedy Available Under FNHRA – The Federal Nursing Home Reform Act: Quarterly Newsletter Summer 2023
On June 8, 2023, in Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski, the United States Supreme Court held a nursing home resident may bring a private cause of action under 42 U.S.C. §1983 to enforce rights guaranteed under the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act (“FNHRA”). The FNHRA is intended to ensure nursing homes […]
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Legal Barriers To Reproductive Medicine Post -dobbs Quarterly Newsletter: Summer 2023
Hassard Bonnington recently attended the 2023 Risk Summit: Resilience Through Collaboration: Stronger Together presented by The UCOP Office of Risk Services. Partner Julie Hansen-Arenas participated in a panel discussion regarding “Legal Barriers to Reproductive Medicine Post-Dobbs” to provide insight into the impact and implications of last year’s Supreme Court decision on the healthcare industry in California and beyond. For many […]
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How MICRA Noneconomic Damages Caps Will Work Starting in 2023
Assembly Bill 35 has changed the noneconomic damages cap applicable in medical malpractice cases in California. The changes will create new opportunities for plaintiff’s firms and have the potential to make large multi-party cases more common, since up to three separate noneconomic damages caps are potentially recoverable depending on the facts of the case. Understanding […]
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