Agoura Hills Animal Hospital is accused of fraudulently concealing vital information and malpractice. “Jojo was our best friend, he was part of the family and our lives evolved around him.” said Jojo’s owner. Jojo suffered from separation anxiety so his owner wasn’t thrilled about handing his dog off to the hospital staff. Since Jojo  arrived almost an hour early the hospital manager Mallory said Jojo would be seen right away. She promised him a phone call within the hour. That’s when this nightmare began, Jojo’s owner said. That phone call never happened and Jojo suffered and was locked in a cage for 6 long hours. It was during Jojo’s final half hour when the gross negligence  occurred. Jojo was injured after the Veterinarian performed an unnecessary, unauthorized procedure on Jojo. Had the hospital staff reviewed Jojo’s medical records, they would have found that Jojo had already undergone this procedure 4 years prior. This painful procedure caused tachycardia.

   Although the hospital collected blood samples from Jojo on the morning of 10-06-22, they unreasonably delayed getting the results because they chose not to perform any laboratory tests on-site as advertised. Instead the inexperienced Micah Goldman submitted the sample to an outside laboratory, creating a 24-48 hour delay in what had become a life threatening emergency.  AHAH maliciously waited until after Jojo’s exam to tell Jojo’s family that the blood samples were sent out to a third party lab instead of the advertised “On-Site Lab.”  It’s because of the Hospital’s delay in timely diagnosis and treatment, Jojo not only suffered needlessly, but lost any chance at emergency stabilization attempts that could have saved his life.

      An expert medical witness who holds a PHD in Veterinary Medicine wrote a report on Jojo’s owners’ behest and testified in this report that the Agoura Hills Animal hospital staff had failed to meet its duty of standard care in Jojo’s treatment. Specifically, the expert faulted DVM Goldman for not properly reviewing, examining, marking, or monitoring Jojo, who suffered from CHF. DVM Goldman performed a medically inappropriate procedure. The hospital staff failed to review the patient’s medical history and prescribed medication based on a guess. DVM Goldman discharged her patient without stabilizing Jojo’s current condition was an extreme departure from the standard of care.