Request,Application: RUIZ-V-SAN ANTONIO Print

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         Jeffery W. Grass, Esq., SBN 112251
         jeff@davis-grass.com
         Evelin Duenas, Bar No. 337027                                      SUPERIOR ¢, IL
          velin@davis-grass.com
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                                                                            SAN BER, OF San       Caur ‘ORNIA
         DAVIS, GRASS, GOLDSTEIN & FINLAY                                           INARDING   BERNAR, DINO
         3281 E. Guasti Road, Suite 350


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                                                                         AUG 1 1 2993
         Ontario, CA 91761
         (909) 476-2662 (Telephone)
         (909) 476-2335 (Facsimile)

         Attorneys for Defendant,
         San Antonio Regional Hospital


                               SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
10                                    FOR THE COUNTY         OF SAN BENARDINO

11                                       SAN BERNARDINO JUSTICE CENTER
12       ALEXANDER RUIZ,                                      Case No.: CIVDS       1907976
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                                 Plaintiff,                   Judge: Hon. Joseph T. Ortiz
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         SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL HOSPITAL,
16       LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL                        [Filed Concurrently with Application for Order
         CENTER, STEVEN ERNST, M.D., NABIL                    Determining Good Faith Settlement and Notice of
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         KOUDSI, M.D. and DOES | through 100,                 Settlement]
18       Inclusive,

19                                                            MSC Date:       None
                                Defendant.                    Trial Date:     July 31, 2023
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21               TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS                      OF RECORD:

22               PLEASE      TAKE     NOTICE     THAT     the Honorable     Judge    of the Superior Court of San

23       Bemardino County has reviewed the Application for Determination of Good Faith Settlement brought

24       by Defendant San Antonio Regional Hospital in accordance with the provisions of Code of Civil

25       Procedure § 877.6(a)(2), and finds said Application to be in order.

26               After full consideration of the evidence offered in support of the application and the application

27       itself, including the points and authorities submitted in support of the application, the declaration of

28       Evelin Duenas, Esq., and the Notice of Settlement, the court finds the following:


                                                      [pRoPoseD) ORDER
That the settlement between      plaintiff Alexander    Ruiz and Defendant      San Antonio

                          Regional   Hospital in the amount of Forty-Five Thousand            dollars and zero cents
     3                    ($45,000.00) satisfies all of the relevant elements for a fair and reasonable settlement

                          and thus has been entered into in good faith.

                          That any claim against Defendant        San   Antonio    Regional   Hospital   for equitable

                          comparative   contribution, or total or partial or comparative indemnity, based on

                          comparative negligence or comparative fault in connection with, or arising out of, this

                          action are forever barred pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure § 877.6(c).

                          All provisions of California Code of Civil Procedure § 877.6(a)(2), have been complied

10                        with for obtaining a good faith determination of this settlement.
IL               IT IS THEREFORE          ORDERED,      ADJUDGED,         AND DECREED         THAT: The settlement

12       reached between defendant San Antonio Regional Hospital and plaintiff Alexander Ruiz was made in
13       good faith and any claim against Defendant San Antonio Regional Hospital for equitable comparative
14       contribution,   or total or partial   or comparative   indemnity,   based on comparative        negligence   or

15       comparative fault in connection with, or arising out of, this action are forever barred.
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                                                                        JOSEPH T. ORTIZ
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                                                        [PRs      )] ORDER