Legal Opinion
Weeks v. Crow
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 16, 1980No. Civ. 22357PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BROWN (Gerald), P. J.
Defendants in a medical malpractice action petitioned the court to order arbitration (Code Civ. Proc., § 1281.2). The superior court found the arbitration agreement did not apply to plaintiffs’ action for the wrongful death of their newborn baby and denied the petition. Defendants appeal.
On January 20, 1978, plaintiff Sherry L. Weeks entered Mt. Helix General Hospital for childbirth. She and her husband, plaintiff Larry D. Weeks, signed an agreement providing for arbitration of “‘any dispute as to medical malpractice, that is as to whether any medical services…
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