Pasadena Hospital Ass'n v. Superior Court

Opinion

CROSKEY, J.

Defendant Pasadena Hospital Association, Ltd., doing business as Huntington Memorial Hospital (Hospital), seeks a writ of mandate directing respondent superior court to sustain its demurrer to plaintiff’s libel claim and to strike the entire first amended complaint as nugatory. Hospital argues that the superior court erred in permitting the filing of the first amended complaint, naming plaintiff’s professional corporation as a new party plaintiff, after the expiration of the applicable limitations period. As we conclude that (1) plaintiff and plaintiff’s professional…