Wells Fargo Bank v. Superior Court of Sacramento Cty.

Opinion

FRIEDMAN, Acting P. J.

At the time of the events before us, the statute of limitations governing medical malpractice actions was Code of Civil Procedure section 340.5, as adopted in 1970. The 1970 statute described the deadline for suit in the following terms: “. . . four years after the date of injury or one year after the plaintiff discovers, or through the use of reasonable diligence should have discovered, the injury, whichever first occurs. This time limitation shall be tolled for any period during which [the defendant] has failed to disclose any act, error, or omission upon which…