RAMIREZ v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 47011.

103 Cal.App.3d 746 (1980)

163 Cal. Rptr. 223

CORINA RAMIREZ, a Minor, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Respondent; SAN JOSE HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

March 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Arne Werchick and Werchick & Werchick for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Archie S. Robinson and Wines, Robinson, Wood & Anderson for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

WHITE, P.J.

(1a) The question raised by this petition is whether a patient who has signed an admission agreement which complies with Code of Civil Procedure section 1295 (hereinafter section 1295) and which requires arbitration of all medical malpractice claims may resist arbitration on the ground that the agreement was not entered into knowingly and voluntarily. We conclude that the statute must be read to permit...

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