Legal Opinion
Sierra-Nevada Memorial-Miners Hospital, Inc. v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 24, 1990No. C006496PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BLEASE, Acting P. J.
This matter arises on a petition by defendant hospital for a writ of mandate overturning the denial of its motion to dismiss a medical malpractice action brought by real parties in interest (plaintiffs) for failure to bring it to trial within five years as required by Code of Civil Procedure section 583.310.
The failure was due to a computational error by plaintiffs’ law firm in calendaring the case for timely action on its part. Petitioner (defendant hospital) moved for dismissal of the action under section 583.310. The trial court denied the motion on the ground…
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