Madden v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

17 Cal.3d 699 (1976)

552 P.2d 1178

131 Cal. Rptr. 882

TERRY MADDEN, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Docket No. L.A. 30526.

Supreme Court of California.

August 10, 1976.

COUNSEL

Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, James W. Baldwin and Curtis A. Cole for Defendants and Appellants.

Harney, Bambic & Moore, Richard B. Wolfe and David M. Harney for Plaintiff and Respondent.

West & Girardi and Thomas V. Girardi as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

Defendants appeal from an order denying enforcement of an arbitration…