Legal Opinion
Kabran v. Sharp Memorial Hosp.
California Supreme Court
Decided January 19, 2017No. S227393PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiu, J.
*333 A jury returned a special verdict finding that Sharp Memorial Hospital (the Hospital) was negligent in its treatment of Eke Wokocha but that this negligence did not cause his quadriplegia. Shortly thereafter, Wokocha died. An autopsy revealed evidence that, according to Wokocha's widow, Berthe Kabran, called into question the jury's causation determination. Kabran moved for a new trial on the basis of this evidence. In submitting expert affidavits explaining the significance of this evidence, Kabran did not timely pay the **1162 necessary filing fee. The Hospital did not object to the…
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