Legal Opinion
Mixon v. Riverview Hospital
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 15, 1967No. Civ. 8488PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhelan, J.
Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment in their favor entered on or about February 15,1966.
Plaintiffs are Viola M. Mixon (Viola) and B. H. Mixon (Mixon), wife and husband. Defendants are Riverview Hospital (Hospital) and Harry E. De Haven, Jr. (De Haven), a medical practitioner.
The complaint was in four causes of action. In the first, Viola alleged damage of $40,000, caused by the negligence of Hospital in failing on September 29, 1963, to keep a correct count of sponges placed in and removed from Viola’s abdominal cavity during the course of an operation being performed by De Haven, as a result…
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