Zarum v. Hoag Memorial Hospital CA4/3

Filed 8/22/16 Zarum v. Hoag Memorial Hospital CA4/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

LORIE ANNE GUNDERSON ZARUM,

Plaintiff and Appellant, G050952

v. (Super. Ct. No. 30-2013-00657603)

HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OPINION PRESBYTERIAN et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, David R. Chaffee, Judge. Affirmed. Lorie Anne Gunderson Zarum, in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Appellant. Doyle, Schafer McMahon, Joneis M. Phan for Defendant and Respondent Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian. Doyle, Schafer McMahon, Terrence J. Schafer and Nazanin Houshyar for Defendant and Respondent Andreea Nanci. * * *

Plaintiff Lorie Anne Gunderson Zarum (Zarum) filed a wrongful death medical malpractice complaint alleging oncologist Andreea Nanci and Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (collectively defendants) negligently caused her 82-year-old father’s death. The trial court granted defendants’ motions for summary judgment because the applicable statute of limitations had expired. Zarum appeals. For the reasons expressed below, we will affirm.

I

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On June 24, 2013, Zarum filed a wrongful death medical malpractice complaint, as amended in January and March 2014, alleging defendants negligently caused the death of her father, decedent Theodore Lee Gunderson. Defendants filed general denials and raised multiple affirmative defenses, including the statute of limitations. In November 2013, defendants moved for summary judgment. Among other things, defendants asserted the applicable statute of limitations barred Zarum’s action.1 According to a defense expert who reviewed the medical records, Gunderson, age 80, was diagnosed with bladder cancer, specifically invasive papillary