Milicevich v. Sacramento Medical Center

Opinion

BLEASE, J.

Plaintiffs Mirko and DeVonna Milicevich, husband and wife, appeal from a summary judgment in favor of defendant Sacramento Medical Center. (See Code Civ. Proc., § 437c.) Plaintiffs’ tort action seeks damages for injuries arising out of a suicide attempt by Mirko. The motion for summary judgment was premised on the theory that satisfaction of a statutory consent judgment (Code Civ. Proc., § 998) by other defendants discharged the liability of the medical center by operation of law.

We hold that satisfaction of a judgment, entered pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 998,…