Legal Opinion
Forsyth v. Jones
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 10, 1997No. E015323PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McKINSTER, J.
A plaintiffappeals from a judgment of dismissal entered after a demurrer to his complaint for damages for medical malpractice was sustained without leave to amend. Concluding that the trial court erroneously sustained the demurrer, we reverse.
Factual and Procedural Background
The facts, as alleged in the plaintiff’s second amended complaint and as judicially noticed, are these: In September of 1992, Ronald Forsyth was a patient under the care of Kenneth Jones, a medical doctor. As the result of Jones’s professional negligence, Forsyth suffered personal injuries.
Jones filed…
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