Preiss v. Good Samaritan Hospital

171 Cal.App.2d 559 (1959)

STEFFANA PREISS, Appellant,

v.

GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL (a Corporation), Respondent.

Civ. No. 23454.

California Court of Appeals. Second Dist., Div. Three.

June 29, 1959.

Phi O. Clough for Appellant.

Dryden, Harrington, Horgan & Swartz and Vernon G. Foster for Respondent.

VALLEE, J.

Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of dismissal entered pursuant to section 583 of the Code of Civil Procedure for failure to bring the action to trial within five years after it was filed.

The action was filed March 9, 1953. It was not brought to trial. On April 29, 1958, it was dismissed on…