Nature of Proceedings: (2) Demurrers; Pro Hac Vice Application

On November 19, 2013, plaintiff Derik Barseghian was involved in an accident and treated at defendant Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (Hospital). (Complaint, ¶ 46.) That day, Barseghian underwent a CT scan of his brain, which did not evidence edema. (Complaint, ¶ 47.)

On November 20, 2013, Barseghian was discharged from Hospital with a discharge diagnosis of concussion syndrome. (Complaint, ¶ 48.) On discharge, defendant Juliette Fish, N.P., under the supervision of defendant James Timothy Dunn, M.D., and as modified by registered pharmacist defendant Ryan Griffith Sahlin, prescribed for Barseghian a pharmaceutical drug, dexamethasone. (Complaint, ¶¶ 37, 49.) Dexamethasone is a generic drug manufactured, designed, serviced, merchandised, advertised, promoted, marketed, or sold by defendants Roxane Laboratories, Inc., Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane, Inc., Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Hikma Americas, Inc. (C