Legal Opinion
Burton v. Cruise
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 8, 2010No. G041835PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ARONSON, J.
We affirm the trial court’s determination that a patient waived her contractual right to arbitrate a medical malpractice dispute by waiting to pursue arbitration until the virtual eve of trial, long after discovery, including expert discovery, had been completed.
Substantial evidence supports the trial court’s factual determination on waiver, based on our Supreme Court’s multifactored test in St. Agnes Medical Center v. PacifiCare of California (2003) 31 Cal.4th 1187, 1195 [8 Cal.Rptr.3d 517, 82 P.3d 727] (St. Agnes). The physician suffered prejudice by losing whatever time…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Winograd v. American Broadcasting Co.California Court of Appeal · 1999
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