ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. B028232.

194 Cal.App.3d 668 (1987)

239 Cal. Rptr. 765

ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; RUTH PATTERSON, Real Party in Interest.

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

September 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Bonne, Jones, Bridges, Mueller & O'Keefe, Carmen D. Hawkins, Rushfeldt, Shelley & McCurdy, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland and Alan G. Martin for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Richard D. Aldrich and David C. Byers for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

FEINERMAN, P.J.

On July 5, 1985, Cynthia Patterson died while giving birth to her third child at St. Francis Medical Center. The plaintiffs in this case are Cynthia Patterson's three minor children (La Mega Traylor, Odessa Battle, and Timothy Brown), and her mother, Ruth Patterson (real party), who is also guardian ad litem for the children.1 Defendants...

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