PERKINS v. HOWARD

Docket No. A049833.

232 Cal.App.3d 708 (1991)

283 Cal. Rptr. 764

INA RUTH PERKINS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. TIMOTHY HOWARD, Defendant and Respondent.

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

July 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Kurahara & Morrissey, Michael T. Morrissey and Joseph R. Kafka for Plaintiff and Appellant.

LaFollette, Johnson, DeHaas & Fesler, John L. Supple and Peter Theophilos for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

POCHE, Acting P.J.

Plaintiff and appellant, Ina Ruth Perkins, appeals from a summary judgment in favor of defendant and respondent, Timothy Howard, M.D., in this action for medical malpractice. At issue is whether the trial court properly determined that Business and Professions Code section 2396, one of California's numerous "Good Samaritan" statutes, immunized Dr. Howard from civil liability when he responded to a call from...

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