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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 28426.

62 Cal.2d 839 (1965)

402 P.2d 868

44 Cal. Rptr. 796

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; SHIRLEY M. HAWLEY, an Incompetent Person, etc., Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 16, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and Lloyd S. Davis, Chief Trial Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioner.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Willard A. Shank, Assistant Attorney General, Robert H. O'Brien, Deputy Attorney General, Harry S. Fenton, Robert F. Carlson and Kenneth G. Nellis as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Wise, Kilpatrick & Clayton and George E. Wise for Real Party in Interest.

TRAYNOR, C.J.

Petitioner, the County of Los Angeles, seeks a writ of prohibition to restrain the trial court from proceeding further with an action brought by the real party in interest, Shirley M. Hawley.1 Mrs. Hawley filed her complaint on September 1, 1961, alleging that she suffered personal injuries caused by the negligence of employees of the Los Angeles County Hospital. Only her action against the

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