SJ Evidence Rulings Get De Novo Review

Pipitone v. Williams, No. H041468 (D6 Feb. 23, 2016)

The facts of this wrongful death case are complicated, but they essentially entail a husband’s killing his wife in a domestic dispute. Plaintiff is the Wife’s mother. One defendant is the husband’s father, who is also a doctor, who happened to treat the wife when she suffered an earlier injury that was later discovered to be the result of a prior incident of domestic abuse. Although the Doctor/Father/Defendant claimed not to know that at the time. The other defendant is another doctor who treated the Wife/Decedent for the same earlier injury. The trial court granted SJ on duty and causation.