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SANCHEZ v. SOUTH HOOVER HOSPITAL

Docket No. L.A. 30589.

18 Cal.3d 93 (1976)

553 P.2d 1129

132 Cal. Rptr. 657

AGUSTINA SANCHEZ, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SOUTH HOOVER HOSPITAL et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

September 17, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Manuel Lopez and Michael A. Petretta for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Kirtland & Packard, Harold J. Hunter, Jr., Richard P. Booth, Jr., and Robert E. Moore, Jr., for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

We consider the application of the statute of limitations in medical malpractice actions and, particularly, construe section 340.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure as it read prior to September 24, 1975. That section then provided that the limitations period for actions founded in medical malpractice was "four years after the date of injury or one year after the plaintiff discovers, or through the use of reasonable...

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