Civil Litigation
Aug. 19, 2024
Claims implicating hospital in nurse's fatal car crash dismissed
Nurse on temporary placement left abruptly, sped through a red light and caused a multi-vehicle crash.
A Los Angeles trial court judge has granted Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc.'s motion for summary adjudication in a lawsuit alleging wrongful death and negligence against a traveling nurse who caused a fatal car crash in 2022.
In his Aug. 14 order, Judge Lee S. Arian wrote that Kaiser established a defense under the goings and comings doctrine to claims of negligence and wrongful death. Arian also dismissed the plaintiff's negligent entrustment cause of action.
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