Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Northern California v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., et al.,

Alameda County Superior Court Case No. 586611-9. Matter was tried to the court between September 28 and October 7, 1987, the Honorable Richard A. Haugner presiding. Sole trial counsel on behalf of plaintiff Children’s Hospital Medical Center, defendant was represented by Haim, Johnson, MacGowam & McInerney. Plaintiff Hospital sought to enforce an assignment of insurance benefits made by a patient upon entering the hospital seeking medical care for an injured five-year-old boy. Case involved issues of contract law and, in particular, the creation of an assignment of benefits under a contract.