Avivi v. Centro Medico Urgente Medical Center

Opinion

EPSTEIN, P. J.

Nurit Avivi appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in her malpractice claim against respondents Centro Medico Urgente Medical Center and Edward Rubin, M.D. She argues that her expert witness was qualified to provide an opinion about the standard of care to which respondents were held and that the expert’s declaration, if admitted, would have established a triable issue of fact. The trial court excluded the declaration because the expert did not say he was familiar with the standard of care in Southern California. We conclude that the appropriate test for…