California mother and infant die after discharge; $9.25M jury award faces MICRA cap

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Demi Dominguez died shortly after being discharged from a hospital in California, where she had shown worrying signs of preeclampsia. Her infant son, Malakhi De Leon, died soon after he was born. A jury later awarded $9.25 million in damages, but California's MICRA law limits how much non-economic compensation can be recovered. The families are pushing for changes to medical negligence laws so similar deaths can be prevented.

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