California Court of Appeal

A health care service plan is not statutorily obligated to pay for emergency services when it has non-negligently delegated that responsibility to a contracting medical provider, as permitted by section 1371.4 of the Knox-Keene Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/09/2004
• Published 02/09/2004

Judges

• COFFEE, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Schley, Look & Guthrie and Ian M. Guthrie, Santa Barbara, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Catherine I. Hanson, San Francisco, for Melvin A. Ochs, M.D. as Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• K & R Law Group and Peter M. Roan, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents.