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RUSSELL v. STANFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Docket No. S054329.

15 Cal.4th 783 (1997)

ANNETTE ELIZABETH RUSSELL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. STANFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

June 5, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Allan H. Lerch and Richard J. Reilley for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Sheuerman & Martini, David Sheuerman, Cyrus A. Tabari, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Martin Stein and Carolyn Oill for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

In this matter we address apparently conflicting provisions in the Code of Civil Procedure, as amended by the 1975 Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (hereafter MICRA), concerning the statute of limitations for bringing professional negligence actions against health care providers. Code of Civil Procedure section 340.5 requires that such an action must be commenced within "three years after the date of injury...

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