MARVULLI v. ELSHIRE

Docket No. 39375.

27 Cal.App.3d 180 (1972)

103 Cal. Rptr. 461

JOSEPHINE MARVULLI et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. H. DONEL ELSHIRE, Defendant and Respondent.

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

August 15, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Gilbert, Thompson, Kelly, Crowley & Jennett, Burt J. Channing and William D. Jennett for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Spray, Gould & Bowers and Eugene M. Genson for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

LILLIE, Acting P.J.

While undergoing a hemorrhoidectomy performed at a Los Angeles hospital in May of 1967, plaintiff-wife suffered an adverse reaction ("hypoxia") to the anesthetic administered — her respiration either stopped or became shallow for a period of time fixed at from less than a minute to three minutes. After completion of surgery, following reestablishment of respiration, she was taken to the hospital...

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