Legal Opinion
Gopaul v. Herrick Memorial Hospital
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 3, 1974No. Civ. 31648PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ELKINGTON, J.
A judgment of nonsuit was entered against plaintiff Helen Gopaul in her “malpractice” action against defendant Herrick Memorial Hospital. The trial court had concluded that the one-year statute of limitations of Code of Civil Procedure section 340, subdivision 3, had run before commencement of her action. Her appeal is from the judgment.
Viewed in a light most favorable to plaintiff (see Reuther v. Viall, 62 Cal.2d 470, 474-475 [42 Cal.Rptr. 456, 398 P.2d 792]), we state the relevant evidence.
Plaintiff presented herself to the hospital one night “because she didn’t feel…
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