In Lopez v. American Medical Response West (2023) Cal.Rptr.3d (2023 WL 2518511), the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, affirmed a lower holding that the one-year statute of limitations under professional...more
In Johnson v. Open Door Community Health Centers, No. A143992, the Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Four, recently held that MICRA did not apply where a patient who was attempting to exit a clinic after the...more
Nava v. Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, et al. is the latest in a line of cases regarding the definition of professional negligence in matters involving health care providers and the applicable statute of limitations. The...more
On October 18, 2016, in Nava v. Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, et al. (Case No. G052218), the Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, published one of the first appellate court Opinions to address the recent...more
In Catherine Flores v. Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, the Supreme Court of California held that a claim for negligence in the maintenance of equipment and care needed to implement the doctor’s order concerning her...more
In Coastal Surgical Institute v. Blevins (B254787, filed 1/12/15) the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, held that the tolling provisions of Insurance Code section 11583 apply to the one-year limitations...more