WASHINGTON v. NELSON

Docket No. 54327.

100 Cal.App.3d 47 (1979)

160 Cal. Rptr. 644

DWAYNE K. WASHINGTON, a Minor, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ELMER A. NELSON et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

December 18, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Edwin M. Rosenberg for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Bonne, Jones, Bridges, Mueller & O'Keefe and Joel Bruce Douglas for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

ASHBY, J.

This is an action for wrongful death based on medical malpractice. (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 377, 340.5.) It was commenced by Noella Griffith, the widow of the decedent Robert Griffith, who alleged in her complaint that she was the sole surviving heir. (Code Civ. Proc., § 377.) Subsequently, the court permitted a first amended complaint to be filed, naming appellant Dwayne K. Washington, a minor, as an...

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