Legal Opinion
Children's Hospital v. Sedgwick
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 3, 1996No. B087739PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GILBERT, J.
A plaintiff brings a medical malpractice action against an anesthesiologist for injuries she sustained in surgery. The anesthesiologist prevails. The plaintiff then brings a second action in another county against a hospital to which she was transferred following her surgery. She receives substantial damages. May the hospital, a subsequent tortfeasor, sue the anesthesiologist, a prior tortfeasor, for equitable indemnity? No.
Plaintiff Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles (Hospital) appeals a summary judgment in favor of defendant Eleanor Sedgwick, M.D. We affirm.
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