MOVING PARTY: Defendant Laurie M. Woll, D.O.
RESONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Mary Tiritilli
Motion for Summary Judgment
The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers.
BACKGROUND
On April 11, 2017, plaintiff Mary Tiritilli filed a complaint against defendants Laurie M. Woll, D.O., Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, and Yallapragada S. Rao, M.D. for medical negligence.
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) 25 Cal. 4th 826, 843. “Code of Civil Procedure section 437c, subdivision (c), requires the trial judge to grant summary judgment if all the evidence submitted, and ‘all inferences reasonably deducible from the evidence’ and uncontradicted by other inferences or evidence, show that there is no triab
Hearing Date
February 26, 2018
Type
Med Malpractice (Drs & Surgeons) (General Jurisdiction)
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MOVING PARTY: Defendant Laurie M. Woll, D.O.
RESONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Mary Tiritilli
Motion for Summary Judgment
The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers.
BACKGROUND
On April 11, 2017, plaintiff Mary Tiritilli filed a complaint against defendants Laurie M. Woll, D.O., Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, and Yallapragada S. Rao, M.D. for medical negligence.
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) 25 Cal. 4th 826, 843. “Code of Civil Procedure section 437c, subdivision (c), requires the trial judge to grant summary judgment if all the evidence submitted, and ‘all inferences reasonably deducible from the evidence’ and uncontradicted by other inferences or evidence, show that there is no triab