Leung v. Verdugo Hills hopsital
This appeal by defendant Verdugo Hills Hospital (the Hospital) and cross-appeal by plaintiff Aidan Ming-Ho Leung (Aidan) is before us for a second time. In our first opinion, we reversed that portion of the trial court’s judgment awarding Aidan economic damages against the Hospital. We reluctantly concluded that under the common law release rule, Aidan’s non-good faith settlement with codefendant Dr. Steven Wayne Nishibayashi and his medical corporation released the Hospital from its liability for economic damages. We left undecided four issues that were not necessary for us to address.
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