Aikins
Aikins v. St. Helena Hospital
Opinion
Opinion
Smith, J.
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
INTRODUCTION
Plaintiffs Elaine Aikins (“Mrs. Aikins”) and California Association of the Deaf (“CAD”) have brought suit against defendants St. Helena Hospital (“St. Helena,” “the hospital”) and Dr. James Lies (“Dr. Lies”) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“the ADA”), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and various California civil rights statutes. Both defendants have filed motions to dismiss or, in the alternative, for summary judgment. Defendants have also sought to have CAD dismissed from the lawsuit on the basis that CAD lacks standing.
BACKGROUND
' The events giving rise to this lawsuit occurred between October 30 and November 4, 1992. Mrs. Aikins is a deaf woman whose husband, Harvey Aikins, suffered a massive cardiac arrest at approximately 8:00 p.m. on October 30, 1992. Following Mr. Aikins’s attack, Mrs. Aikins went to the home of some neighbors and had them call 911. According to Mrs. Aikins, the paramedics arrived at her home approximately four minutes after the call to 911, which defendants assert was approximately fifteen minutes after Mr. Aikins suffered the…