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Czubinsky v. Doctors Hospital

California Court of Appeal

Decided January 24, 1983No. Civ. 24530PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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STANIFORTH, J.

As Charmian C. Czubinsky was coming out of anesthesia, after a routine and uneventful surgical procedure to remove an ovarian cyst, she went into cardiac arrest and suffered a severe loss of oxygen to her brain resulting in permanent and total paralysis. She now exists in a semi-comatose state. A unanimous jury awarded 28-year-old Czubinsky damages in the sum of $982,000 against Doctors Hospital for her catastrophic injuries. At the time Czubinsky experienced the postoperative complications, only the anesthesiologist (Dr. Kushner) and the operating room (OR) technician…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Clemmer v. Hartford Insurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Hauter v. ZogartsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Hasson v. Ford Motor Co.California Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Barham v. WidingCalifornia Supreme Court · 1930
  5. Ohligschlager v. Proctor Community HospitalIllinois Supreme Court · 1973

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Teitel v. First Los Angeles BankCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1991
  2. Allen v. American Medical Response West CA3California Court of Appeal · 2016
  3. Moore v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.California Court of Appeal · 2019

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