McKENNA v. CEDARS OF LEBANON HOSPITAL

Docket No. 52660.

93 Cal.App.3d 282 (1979)

155 Cal. Rptr. 631

DIXON N. McKENNA, JR., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CEDARS OF LEBANON HOSPITAL, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

May 22, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Malbour L. Watson, Jack Tenner and Marvin Gelfand for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Home & Clifford, Horvitz, Greines & Poster, Irving H. Greines and Miriam A. Tigerman for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

BEACH, J.

Mrs. Evangeline McKenna underwent a therapeutic abortion and tubal ligation at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital on January 17, 1974. That afternoon, she had a seizure and was treated by a resident of the hospital. She stopped breathing and went into a coma from which she never recovered. She died over a week later. Her husband and children sued Dr. Margolin, her physician...

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