MOVING PARTY: Defendant Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital

RESONDING PARTY: Plaintiffs filed a notice of non-opposition

Motion for Summary Judgment

The court considered the moving papers and plaintiffs’ notice of non-opposition.

BACKGROUND

On March 22, 2016, plaintiffs Ronald Zannini and Bonnie Zannini filed a complaint against defendants Henry Mayo Newhall Community Medical Center, California Neurological Institute, Inc., Neurosurgical Associates of Los Angeles, Inc., Santa Clarita Emergency Medical Group, Inc., Mark A. Liker, M.D., Martin Mortazavi, M.D., Ranbir Singh, M.D., Elaine S. Lee, M.D., and Robert J. Casey, M.D. for medical negligence and loss of consortium.

LEGAL STANDARD

The purpose of a motion for summary judgment or summary adjudication “is to provide courts with a mechanism to cut through the parties’ pleadings in order to determine whether,

despite their allegations, trial is in fact necessary to resolve their dispute.” Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co. (2001