Hakeem v. West Anaheim Med.
Appellant Abdul Hakeem was injured in an auto accident on April 9, 2003, and received treatment at West Anaheim Medical Center. Hakeem claimed that the hospital failed to provide a minimum standard of care, and brought a medical malpractice suit, in propria persona. On April 13, 2006, the hospital moved for summary judgment pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 437c. The motion was supported by expert testimony. Hakeem, although explicitly informed that he must provide an expert witness to oppose the motion for summary judgment, failed to present any expert testimony as to the standard of care of the nursing staff. Hakeems not having proffered any expert testimony on the issue of the standard of care to establish an element of his cause of action (breach of that standard of care), the judgment against him must be affirmed.
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