Kaiser Foundation Lawyer Dr. Bruce Fagel & Associates

The Law Offices of Dr. Bruce G. Fagel & Associates has settled cases ranging from $3.5 million to $5 million each for patients of the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Permanente Medical Group.  Our experienced Kaiser medical malpractice and negligence lawyers can help if you believe that you or someone you care about has been harmed as a result of medical malpractice or negligence by any of the three parts of Kaiser.  Call The Law Offices of Dr. Bruce Fagel & Associates at (800) 541-9376 to speak with Dr. Fagel about your Kaiser Medical Malpractice case.

For more information about Kaiser-related cases involving medical malpractice, please visit our Kaiser medical malpractice website.

Kaiser is the largest provider of health services in California; one of four Californians get their medical services from Kaiser.  But what most Kaiser patients do not know is that when they become insured by Kaiser, they give up their right to file a medical malpractice lawsuit in the California court system, as Kaiser policies include provisions that all patients agree not to bring a lawsuit against a Kaiser Foundation hospital, doctor, medical facility or medical professional through the court system. Most patients only learn this when they decide to sue Kaiser Medical Foundation for medical malpractice. 

This policy is the reason why it is so important to contact The Law Offices of Dr. Bruce Fagel & Associates to learn your legal options and possible courses of action against Kaiser.  Knowing how to handle a Kaiser Foundation case, which must be taken through an administrative process with its own rules and restrictions, is critical. Kaiser patients must go through an arbitration process in which the attorney for Kaiser and the attorney for the plaintiff are given a list of arbitrators’ names and they go through a selection process of choosing an arbitrator. The arbitrators are supposed to be completely fair and unbiased, but these arbitrators are selected to be on the list by the Kaiser Foundation.  Kaiser likes this system because the arbitrators award significantly smaller settlements.  Once a decision is made in arbitration, there is NO WAY TO APPEAL. 

An inexperienced person trying to navigate this system with an inexperienced attorney can easily lose their chance to receive the financial compensation he or she deserves.  For any plaintiff who has been harmed by a Kaiser healthcare provider, the selection of your attorney is more important than in any other medical malpractice case. Furthermore, it is the only part of the process that you can control.

According to the Kaiser Foundation’s published statistics, between 1999 and 2007 there has been a total of 366 cases where there has been a monetary award in favor of a plaintiff in a Kaiser case. The average award was around $500,000 and there have been only seven Kaiser cases where an arbitrator has awarded more than $2 million to the plaintiff. 

The Law Offices of Dr. Bruce G. Fagel & Associates has settled cases involving Kaiser Foundation Health Plan patients for awards ranging from $3.5 million to $5 million each.  Call our offices today at (800) 541-9376. We can help.

For more information, click here to watch a brief video regarding Kaiser lawsuits featuring Dr. Fagel.

Injury: Brain injury to baby at birth
Settlement: $4.7 million
County: Fresno
Year: 2005

Injury: Brain injury to baby at birth
Settlement: $4.25 million
County: Santa Clara
Year: 2004