Wright

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Facts

Plaintiff was an inpatient at Olive View UCLA Medical Center for approximately six months in 2018. During his stay, nurses overtwisted plaintiff’s leg while repositioning him in his bed, spraining his knee and tearing his medial meniscus.

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II. Procedural Background

A. Original and first amended complaints On May 16, 2019, plaintiff filed his original complaint.1 He subsequently filed a first amended complaint. Neither the original nor the first amended complaints are included in the appellant’s appendix. B. Second amended complaint 1. The complaint In September 2019, plaintiff filed a second amended complaint (SAC) for negligence against the county and Regents.2 Plaintiff alleged that Regents and the county, “acting through their employees,” negligently caused plaintiff’s injury. He further alleged that “[Regents] knowingly permitted, aided, . . . and encouraged [the county] . . . to operate [the hospital] in the name of the University of California and as the actual, apparent, and ostensible agent of . . . [Regents]” and that Regents “thereby assumed liability” for the nurses’ negligence. Plaintiff further alleged that “[the…