Hernandez

Filed 3/13/15 Hernandez v. Dignity Health CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(San Joaquin) ----

JOSE J. HERNANDEZ, C074946

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Super. Ct. No. 39201100272644CUMMSTK) v.

DIGNITY HEALTH,

Defendant and Respondent.

The trial court granted a summary judgment to defendant Dignity Health, sued as St. Joseph’s Medical Center, because plaintiff Jose J. Hernandez, an in pro. per. litigant, failed to offer any expert testimony to substantiate his vague claim that the hospital’s negligence in treating him for chest pain caused the symptoms he experienced six months later and resulted in his permanent disability.1 On appeal, plaintiff attempts to enlarge

1 A party is entitled to act as his own…