LEUNG v. VERDUGO HILLS HOSPITAL

No. B204908.

193 Cal.App.4th 971 (2011)

AIDAN MING-HO LEUNG, a Minor, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. VERDUGO HILLS HOSPITAL, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

March 23, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Phan Law Group, Luan K. Phan ; Esner, Chang & Ellis, Andrew N. Chang and Stuart B. Esner for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Thomas and Thomas, Michael Thomas , Maureen F. Thomas ; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Feris M. Greenberger , Jennifer C. Yang and Robert A. Olson for Defendant and Appellant.


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OPINION

WILLHITE, J.

Six days after birth, plaintiff Aidan Ming-Ho Leung suffered irreversible brain damage caused by "kernicterus," a condition that results when an infant's level of "bilirubin" (a waste product of red blood cells which causes jaundice) becomes toxic. Through his guardian ad litem (his mother, Nancy Leung), Aidan sued his pediatrician,...

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