EMERICK v. RALEIGH HILLS HOSPITAL

Docket No. 24171.

133 Cal.App.3d 575 (1982)

184 Cal. Rptr. 92

MAGDA EMERICK, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. RALEIGH HILLS HOSPITAL - NEWPORT BEACH et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

July 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Michael S. Besikof, Louis Rifkind and Richard Scott Lysle for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Michael J. Fitzgerald, Tuttle & Taylor, Harold J. Kwalwasser, Ronald C. Peterson and John J. McCauley for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

STANIFORTH, Acting P.J.

Plaintiff Magda Emerick's suit (filed June 11, 1974) seeks damages for injuries sustained when a wash basin on which she was sitting or leaning fell down. Emerick waived a jury and the trial court bifurcated the liability and the damage phases of the lawsuit. On trial of the liability issue, the court found no negligence on the part of defendant Raleigh Hills Hospital. Emerick appeals that judgment...

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