DURAN v. ST. LUKE'S HOSP.

No. A102182.

8 Cal.Rptr.3d 1 (2003)

114 Cal.App.4th 457

Celina DURAN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

Review Denied March 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth M. Sigelman & Associates, Kenneth M. Sigelman, Penelope A. Phillips, San Diego, for Appellants.

Hassard Bonnington, James M. Goodman, B. Thomas French, Rebecca L. Cachia-Riedl, San Francisco, for Respondent St. Luke's Hospital.

Galloway, Lucchese & Everson, Patrick Galloway, Maureen H. Loftis, Walnut Creek, for Respondent Vicki Cordts.

Bonne, Bridges, Mueller, O'Keefe & Nichols, Gerhard O. Winkler, San Francisco, for Respondent Women's Health Center.


KAY, P.J.

Benjamin Franklin described the snowballing consequences of inattention to a small detail — "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost." (Oxford Dict. of Quotations (2d ed.1955) p. 211.) In this case the missing nail is a check that was $3 short of the amount required to file a complaint for medical malpractice that allegedly caused the death of the plaintiffs' infant child...

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