George
George v. Sonoma County Sheriff's Department
Opinion
Opinion
Laporte, J.
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART SUTTER DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT NORICK JANIAN’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
This action arises from the death of Ryan George on July 9, 2007 while he was in the custody of the Sonoma County Sheriffs Department, and after he had received allegedly inadequate medical care from medical staff at the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility and at Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa. Now before the Court are: (1) Sutter Health’s and Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa’s (“the Sutter Defendants”) Motion for Summary Judgment or in the Alternative, Summary Adjudication; and (2) Defendant Norick Janian’s Motion for Partial Sum mary Judgment. Doctor Janian is a physician at Sutter Medical Center who participated in Ryan’s medical care in July 2007. On July 13, 2010, the Court held a hearing on these motions, which were fully briefed. For the reasons stated at the hearing and below, the Court issues the following Order.
Legal Standard
Summary judgment shall be granted if “the pleadings, discovery and disclosure materials on file, and any affidavits show that there is no…