California Court of Appeal

Van Horn v. Watson, B188076, B189254

In case involving a car accident where plaintiff claimed defendant negligently removed plaintiff from the car, summary judgment for defendant based on immunity under Health and Safety Code section 1799.102 is reversed as: 1) section 1799.102 only applies to the rendering of care at the scene of a medical emergency; and 2) since there was no medical emergency, and disputes of fact existed, defendant was not entitled to summary judgment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/21/2007
• Published 03/21/2007

Judges

• CROSKEY, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Law Offices of Hutchinson & Snider and Robert B. Hutchinson, Beverly Hills, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Crandall, Wade & Lowe, Edwin B. Brown, Irvine;  McNeil, Tropp & Braun, Jeffrey I. Braun, Costa Mesa, and Frank Cracchiolo, for Defendant and Appellant Glen Anthony Watson., Hanger, Levine & Steinberg, Jody Steinberg, Woodland Hills, and Lisa Mead, for Defendant and Respondent.