KNOX v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 67411.

140 Cal.App.3d 782 (1983)

189 Cal. Rptr. 800

JESSE I. KNOX, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; ROBERT PAUL RADER, a Minor, et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

March 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Warren & Burleigh, Edwin B. Warren and Gerald H.B. Kane for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent court.

Nathaniel J. Friedman, Hagenbaugh & Murphy, Horvitz & Greines, Ellis J. Horvitz and S. Thomas Todd for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

ROTH, P.J.

In this original mandamus proceeding, we determine the statute of limitations applicable to a minor's cause of action for prenatal medical malpractice. We conclude the provisions of section 340.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure govern and we grant a peremptory writ to compel entry of summary judgment in favor of defendants.

The relevant facts summarized briefly follow:

Plaintiff was born on October...

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