BABER v. NAPA STATE HOSPITAL

Docket No. A039654.

209 Cal.App.3d 213 (1989)

257 Cal. Rptr. 55

BRUCE BABER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. NAPA STATE HOSPITAL et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

March 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John Houston Scott and Bruce H. Schwartz for Plaintiff and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Marvin Goldsmith, Assistant Attorney General, Tyler B. Pon, Paul Hammerness and Theresa Tan, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

HANING, J.

Appellant was nonsuited on his opening statement in his action against the State of California for injuries received while involuntarily hospitalized at Napa State Hospital. He contends, inter alia, the trial court erred in ruling he had not stated a prima facie exception under Government Code section 855, subdivision (a)1 to the immunity...

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