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MASSEY v. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING

No. C060591.

180 Cal.App.4th 690 (2009)

CARL R. MASSEY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

December 22, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Doran for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Kenny, Snowden & Norine and Kelly J. Snowden for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

BUTZ, J.—

This is a negligence action against a nurse and, vicariously, the hospital that employed the nurse. Plaintiff Carl R. Massey was a postoperative patient who sustained injury after falling from a walker. The nurse had placed plaintiff on the walker and then left him unattended.

(1) We conclude that the question of the nurse's alleged negligence for the fall poses a question of common knowledge, and...

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