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CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL v. SEDGWICK

Docket No. B087739.

45 Cal.App.4th 1780 (1996)

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ELEANOR SEDGWICK, Defendant and Respondent.

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

June 3, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Veatch, Carlson, Grogan & Nelson, C. Snyder Patin, Richard A. Wood, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Kent L. Richland and Barbara Springer Perry for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Bonne, Bridges, Mueller, O'Keefe & Nichols, Reid Bridges, Patricia K. Ramsey, Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, Curtis A. Cole and Helen J. Lauderdale for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

GILBERT, J.

A plaintiff brings a medical malpractice action against an anesthesiologist for injuries she sustained in surgery. The anesthesiologist prevails. The plaintiff then brings a second action in another county against a hospital to which she was transferred following her surgery. She receives substantial damages. May the hospital, a subsequent tortfeasor, sue the anesthesiologist, a prior tortfeasor, for equitable...

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