California Court of Appeal

Ina wrongful death action against healthcare defendants, arising from their care and treatment of plaintiff's deceased father, the trial court's grant of defendants' motions for summary judgment is: 1) reversed as to summary judgment for the physician, where the trial court erred in finding the declaration of plaintiff's medical expert insufficient to raise a triable issue of fact on the issue of the standard of care applicable to physicians and surgeons; and 2) affirmed as to judgment for another physician and hospital defendants, where the trial court did not err in finding that plaintiff's medical expert declaration did not raise a triable issue of fact on the standard of care applicable to nurses and hospitals in general.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/21/2015
• Published 08/21/2015

Judges

• Marquez

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel