deSaulles v. Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula

Filed 3/10/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA MAUREEN DESAULLES, ) ) Plaintiff and Appellant, ) ) S219236 v. ) ) Ct.App. 6 H038184 COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ) OF THE MONTEREY PENINSULA, ) ) Monterey County Defendant and Respondent. ) Super.Ct. No. M85528 ____________________________________) Code of Civil Procedure section 1032, subdivision (a)(4) defines the ―prevailing party‖ in litigation to include ―the party with a net monetary recovery‖ and ―a defendant in whose favor a dismissal is entered.‖ (All undesignated statutory references are to this code.) A ―prevailing party,‖ so defined, ―is…