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It is worth noting that situations similar to those described in this medical malpractice case could just as easily occur at any of the healthcare facilities in the area, such as Kaiser Permanente, UC Davis Medical Center, Mercy, Methodist, or Sutter.

SACRAMENTO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

Plaintiffs, MALYIA JEFFERS by her Guardian Ad Litem, THERESE ADAMS, CLPF, RYAN JEFFERS AND LEAH YANG, allege against CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WEST dba METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO, CYNTHIA R. MYAS, CHRISTOPHER SCHAAL, JEFF FITE, SURJIT NIJJAR, GREGORY R. ROSELLINI, EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS MEDICAL GROUP, INC., and DOES 1 through 100, as follows:

Plaintiffs are informed and believe, and upon such information and belief allege, that at the times and places mentioned herein, defendants were the agents, servants, and employees of the remaining defendants, and each of them, and each of them were at all times and places mentioned herein acting within the purpose and scope of said agency, service and employment.

For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.

At said time and place, defendants, CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WEST dba METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO and DOES 1 through 10, and each of them, were and now are corporations, partnerships, associations, or other entities organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, and were at all times and places mentioned herein engaged in the ownership, operation, and maintenance of hospitals, emergency rooms, medical clinics and other medical facilities open to the general public and paying patients in and about the County of Sacramento, in the State of California or the employment and placing of medical personnel at various hospitals in Sacramento County. (See Part 3 of 7.)

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It is worth noting that situations similar to those described in this medical malpractice case could just as easily occur at any of the healthcare facilities in the area, such as Kaiser Permanente, UC Davis Medical Center, Mercy, Methodist, or Sutter.

For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.

SACRAMENTO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

Plaintiffs, MALYIA JEFFERS by her Guardian Ad Litem, THERESE ADAMS, CLPF, RYAN JEFFERS AND LEAH YANG, allege against CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WEST dba METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO, CYNTHIA R. MYAS, CHRISTOPHER SCHAAL, JEFF FITE, SURJIT NIJJAR, GREGORY R. ROSELLINI, EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS MEDICAL GROUP, INC., and DOES 1 through 100, as follows:

FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION
(Medical Malpractice – Against All Defendants)

This complaint is properly filed in Sacramento County because the events and injuries described herein occurred in said county and the defendants’ principle place of business is in said county.

The true names and capacities, whether individual, corporate, associate, or otherwise, of
defendants, DOES 1 through 100, are unknown to plaintiffs who therefore sue said defendants by such fictitious names and will ask leave to amend this complaint when the true names and
capacities have been ascertained. Plaintiffs are informed and believe, and thereon allege on such information and belief, that each of the fictitiously named defendants is responsible in some manner for the occurrences herein alleged, either as physicians, surgeons, anesthetists, nurses, other medical practitioners, pharmacists, hospitals or hospital attendants, ambulance companies or attendants, or manufacturers, suppliers, sellers, or distributors or otherwise, and said defendants negligently acted or failed to act in one or more of said occupations or businesses, which negligence proximately caused plaintiffs’ injuries as herein alleged.

Continue reading " Malyia Jeffers Suffers Amputations Due To ER Malpractice, Part 1 of 7 " »

It is worth noting that situations similar to those described in this medical malpractice case could just as easily occur at any of the healthcare facilities in the area, such as Kaiser Permanente, UC Davis Medical Center, Mercy, Methodist, or Sutter.

Malyia Jeffers, 2, is back in Sacramento this week and getting physical therapy at UC Davis Medical Center a few months after an infection led to the amputation of her hand and both her legs.

"She's very active now and playing, going to the gym and she's having fun," Malyia's father Ryan Jeffers said.

Her parents first brought her to Methodist Hospital of Sacramento in November. Ryan Jeffers says his daughter's temperature continued to rise as they waited in the ER and her cheeks began to bruise out of nowhere. After waiting for hours, Jeffers says he got a doctor to see his daughter. Little Malyia would eventually be transferred to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. Jeffers wonders if the time they spent waiting at Methodist Hospital, cost his daughter's limbs.

For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.

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It is worth noting that situations similar to those described in this medical malpractice case could just as easily occur at any of the healthcare facilities in the area, such as Kaiser Permanente, UC Davis Medical Center, Mercy, Methodist, or Sutter.

Ryan Jeffers and Leah Vang saw life seeping out of their toddler's body during five hours of waiting in Methodist Hospital's emergency room and begged for help, alleges a lawsuit filed Monday.

"Medical care came too late," the suit says. The girl lost parts of her four limbs from a bacterial infection.

The Sacramento Bee reported that the lawsuit filed in Sacramento Superior Court charges Catholic Healthcare West, Methodist Hospital in south Sacramento, and various emergency room workers with medical malpractice and negligence in delaying treatment for Malyia, who later was flown to Stanford University's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital for lifesaving care. Streptococcus A had invaded her blood and organs; as a result she suffered amputations of both feet, her left hand and part of her right hand. She is in intensive rehabilitation therapy.

"There is nothing we can do to bring back Malyia's amputated hands and feet," said the family's lawyer, Moseley Collins, III. "However, we hope that her lawsuit will convince emergency rooms in Sacramento to do a better job treating our seriously ill children and make health care in our city safer for all of us."

For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.

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