Riverside County Settles $2.25M Medical Malpractice Case
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Case Background
A medical malpractice lawsuit filed against the County of Riverside and its medical facilities concluded with a significant out-of-Court settlement. Lovell Avery filed the complaint on July 26, 2023, in the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside, naming the County of Riverside, Riverside University Health System-Medical Center (RUHS-MC), and several physicians Arjun Bakshi, M.D., John Cortelyou Naftel, M.D., and Tristen Burt, D.O. as Defendants. Avery’s lawsuit claimed that negligent medical care had resulted in serious and lasting injuries during a period of treatment that had occurred earlier in the year.
Cause
The core of the lawsuit was a claim of Medical Malpractice. The Plaintiff’s attorneys asserted that the Defendants the hospital system, the County, and the involved doctors failed to deliver the quality of care required by professional standards. This failure included, but was not limited to, misdiagnosis, inappropriate treatment, or deficient execution of medical duties. Avery’s legal team claimed that the Defendants' negligence had directly caused injury, which a reasonably skilled medical professional operating under the same circumstances would have avoided. The Plaintiff had filed a formal claim for damages with the County of Riverside on February 10, 2023, and the County had officially denied that claim on February 16, 2023, shortly before the lawsuit began.
Injury
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