Legal Opinion

Wurts v. County of Fresno

California Court of Appeal

Decided April 10, 1996No. Docket Nos. F022396, F022635PublishedCited by 6 opinions

[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

DIBIASO, J.

A single superior court complaint (No. 479055-6) for alleged medical malpractice generated the two separate appeals we resolve by this opinion. Appellant Betty Wurts appeals (F022396) from the judgment entered after the trial court granted a motion for summary judgment brought by respondent the County of Fresno (the County). Wurts also appeals (F022635) from the later judgment entered in the same superior court action after the trial court granted a motion for nonsuit made by respondent Robert M. Peters, M.D. (Peters). We hold in part that a claim based upon the negligence…

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