St. Vincent Medical Center v. Mega Life and Health Insurance

MEMORANDUM **

Plaintiff-Appellant St. Vincent Medical Center (“St. Vincent”) appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company (“MEGA Life”). In the district court, St. Vincent unsuccessfully argued that MEGA Life breached a contract with it and, in the alternative, that MEGA Life was estopped from failing to pay for care received by two of its insureds.

The general rule in California is that “only a signatory to a contract may be liable for any breach.” Clemens v. Am. Warranty Corp., 193 Cal.App.3d 444, 452, 238 Cal.Rptr. 339…