Legal Opinion
Gonzalez v. Paradise Valley Hospital
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 26, 2003No. D039962PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McCONNELL, J.
Plaintiffs Arturo A. Gonzalez and Maria D. Gonzalez áppeal summary judgments for defendants Paradise Valley Hospital (the Hospital) and Jon E. Highum, M.D. The Gonzalezes sued the defendants for professional negligence, arising from the death of their son Arturo Gonzalez (Arturo) after he escaped from the Hospital’s psychiatric unit during an involuntary 72-hour hold under Welfare and Institutions Code 1 section 5150. The Gonzalezes contend the trial court erred by ruling that under this court’s opinion in Heater v. Southwood Psychiatric Center (1996) 42 Cal.App.4th 1068…
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