HOVEIDA

HOVEIDA v. Scripps Health

Good Law
125 Cal. App. 4th 1466·2005 Cal. App. LEXIS 87·23 Cal. Rptr. 3d 667·2005 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 732
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJanuary 26, 2005D044445California1,137 words

Opinion

Opinion

McCONNELL, J.

Plaintiff Kevin H. Hoveida, M.D., purports to appeal a stipulated judgment for defendants Scripps Health, Davis Cracroft, M.D., and Emergency and Acute Care Medical Corporation. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the judgment does not dispose of all causes of action at issue between the parties.

FACTS

The dispute in this case arose out of the defendants’ termination of two contracts for the payment of medical services Dr. Hoveida was to render. Dr. Hoveida sued the defendants for breach of contract, “intentional interference with economic relations,” violation of Business and Professions Code section 2056, “violation of right to common law fair procedure” and “intentional interference with right to practice profession.” The defendants moved for summary adjudication of all causes of action except breach of contract, and the court granted their motion.

The court also granted Dr. Hoveida’s request for leave to amend the remaining breach of contract claim, to allege the defendants breached certain contractual duties in conjunction with terminating his services. Subsequently, the defendants obtained summary adjudication on the issue of duty encompassed…

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