FLORES v. PRESBYTERIAN INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL

No. S209836.

63 Cal.4th 75 (2016)

201 Cal. Rptr. 3d 449

369 P.3d 229

CATHERINE FLORES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PRESBYTERIAN INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

May 5, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward W. Lloyd & Associates and Edward W. Lloyd for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Steven B. Stevens ; Agnew & Brusavich and Tobin D. Ellis for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Fonda & Fraser, Fonda, Hester & Associates, Fonda & Associates, Peter M. Fonda , Kristen J. Heim and Rachael C. Kogen for Defendant and Respondent.

Dummit Buchholz & Trapp, Craig S. Dummit and Darren W. Dummit for Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, Doctors Hospital of Manteca, Community Hospital of Los Gatos, Doctors Hospital of Lakewood, Los Alamitos Hospital and Medical Center, Garfield Medical Center, Monterey Park Community Hospital, Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Integrated Healthcare Holdings, Prime Healthcare Management, Inc., Memorial Health Services, Universal Health Services, Inc., Sharp Healthcare and North American Health Care as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Cole Pedroza, Curtis A. Cole , Kenneth R. Pedroza and Matthew S. Levinson for California Medical Association, California Dental Association and California Hospital Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

A personal injury action generally must be filed within two years of the date on which the challenged act or omission occurred. (Code Civ. Proc., § 335.1 (section 335.1).) A special statute of limitations applies, however, to actions "for injury or death against a health care provider based upon such...

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