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MAERTINS v. KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS

Docket No. 17892.

162 Cal.App.2d 661 (1958)

328 P.2d 494

WILLIAM EDWARD MAERTINS, Appellant, v. KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS (a Corporation) et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

August 11, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edises, Treuhaft, Grossman & Grogan, Edward R. Grogan and Henry M. Elson for Appellant.

Carlson, Collins, Gordon & Bold, Robert Collins and John Ormasa for Respondents.

DOOLING, J.

Plaintiff brought this malpractice action alleging failure of Dr. Paul Pfeiffer to discover and treat a tubercular condition in his left lung. Plaintiff was a subscriber to the respondent Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, a nonprofit trust which collects premiums for prepaid medical care by respondent Permanente Medical Group, a partnership of doctors, at hospitals owned and maintained by respondent Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, a corporation.

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