Bryant v. Adventist Health System/West

289 F.3d 1162 Sandra BRYANT, Successor-in-Interest to David Howard Bryant, deceased; David Wayne Bryant, Heir and Surviving Parent of David Wayne Bryant, deceased; Tom Worthy; Michael Bryant, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM/WEST; Redbud Community Hospital District; Wolfgang Schug, M.D.; Robert Rosenthal; Andrew J. Dorfman; Richard Furtado, M.D.; J.J. & R. Management Group, Inc.; Adventist-Redbud Hospital, Inc.; Michael H. Schultz; Mark Freeman, M.D.; Redbud Community Healthcare District, Defendants-Appellees. No. 00-16399. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 7, 2001. Filed May 20, 2002. Richard J. Massa, Massa & Associates, Lakeport, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Sonja M. Dahl, Anderson, Galloway & Lucchese, Walnut Creek, CA; John S. Gilmore, Goldsberry, Freeman & Swanson, Sacramento, CA; David A. Heck, Bradley, Curley, Asiano & McCarthy, PC, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Vaughn R. Walker, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-98-00759-VRW. Before: CANBY, GRABER, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges. PAEZ,…