Hodes Milman has handled hundreds of claims and has recovered tens of millions of dollars against Kaiser. Kaiser has its own unique rules for medical malpractice litigation and almost all claims against Kaiser will be subject to arbitration. In other words, a single arbitrator (either a retired judge or a former attorney) makes the decision in the case rather than a jury.
For decades, Kaiser has included a mandatory provision in their Health Plans requiring the use of a private arbitration procedure for all malpractice committed by Kaiser employees or Southern California Permanente Medical Group doctors. Kaiser pays a private dispute administrator called the Office of Independent Administrator to administer its private court system. There are very complicated rules that govern Kaiser arbitrations and it’s important to hire a firm that focuses on medical malpractice like Hodes Milman to handle such claims.
Even more importantly, Kaiser is obviously a repeat defendant in the arbitration process. Sometimes, this may unfortunately sway an arbitrator to rule in Kaiser’s favor or risk not being used in future arbitrations. Like Kaiser, Hodes Milman is a repeat player as we have handled many arbitrations against Kaiser…Learn More