BONDANZA v. PENINSULA HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER

Docket No. S.F. 23841.

23 Cal.3d 260 (1979)

590 P.2d 22

152 Cal. Rptr. 446

CATHERINE M. BONDANZA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PENINSULA HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

February 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Carol R. Golubock and Thomas R. Adams for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn and David C. Carr for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

The issue in this case is whether a hospital is guilty of an unlawful or unfair business practice (former Civ. Code, § 3369; now Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.) if it assigns a patient's account to an agency for collection and the agency's commission of one-third of the balance due at the time of assignment is assessed against the patient on the basis of...

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