SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

WAFA BITAR, SAIB N. DAOUD, Plaintiff(s), vs. EMANATE HEALTH FOOTHILL HOSPITAL, et al., Defendant(s).

CASE NO.: 19STCV05851

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: DEFENDANT SAN DIMAS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Dept. 27

1:30 p.m.

October 30, 2020

I.INTRODUCTION

On February 20, 2019, plaintiffs Wafa Bitar (“Plaintiff”) and Saib Daoud (“Daoud”) filed this action for medical malpractice and loss of consortium arising from a hysterectomy surgery. On November 26, 2019, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). Plaintiff was admitted to San Dimas Community Hospital (“Defendant”) on February 21, 2018 to undergo a total hysterectomy on an outpatient basis by co-defendant Richard Williams, M.D. (“Dr. Williams”). Plaintiff alleges Dr. Williams was an employee of, agent of, and/or was granted staff privileges by Defendant and is therefore vicariously liable for Dr. Williams’s profession