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Andrew Covner Prevails in Med-Mal Case
Andrew Covner of Engle Carobini Covner & Coats LLP obtained a dismissal of his two pediatrician clients on the third day of a medical malpractice trial in Ventura County Superior Court. Plaintiff had alleged the two pediatricians failed to diagnose a birth injury which left the minor plaintiff with severe and permanent brain damage. Defendants contended that the ...
Ben Coats Prevails in Medical Malpractice Trial
A Ventura jury delivered a defense verdict in favor of a surgeon represented by Ben Coats last week, in a trial where the plaintiff had alleged a foreign object was left inside him for a period of 20 months. The 11-1 finding on negligence was based on the physician's claim that he had complied with the standard of care in treating the plaintiff, and the delay in ...

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