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Kaiser Makes $1M Settlement With Kidney Transplant Patient’s Families
April 18th, 2009 | 
Author: Sacramento Business Journal – by Chris Rauber San Francisco Business Times
Five medical malpractice cases involving Kaiser Permanente’s now-defunct Northern California kidney transplant program in San Francisco have been settled for a total of $1 million, according to their Irvine-based attorney, who blamed flaws in California’s malpractice laws for the relatively small size of the settlements.
Three of the five cases were wrongful death cases, which alleged that Kaiser failed to provide transplant kidneys on a timely basis. In another case, the patient’s transplant allegedly was delayed by a year and a half due to the improper refusal of a donor kidney. In the fifth case, allegedly inappropriate post-transplant care contributed to the rejection of the transplanted organ. Read Full Story
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