SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 31253.

248 Cal.App.2d 359 (1967)

56 Cal. Rptr. 387

SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Respondent; EVELYN SHAFFER et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

February 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Archbald, Zelezny & Spray, Joseph L. Spray and Malcolm Archbald for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Trapp & Kirk and Daniel J. Kirk for Real Parties in Interest.


McCOY, J. pro tem.*

In the early part of 1963 Evelyn Shaffer was a patient in the Sierra Vista Hospital in San Luis Obispo apparently under the care of a Dr. Prier. Sometime after her release from the hospital she and her husband filed an action in the respondent court against Dr. Prier and the hospital, among others, seeking to recover damages resulting from their alleged negligence.

After the action was at issue, plaintiffs'...

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