Statute Of Limitations Against Hospital For Slip And Fall.

While plaintiff was hospitalized, she went into the bathroom in her private room. While she was in the bathroom, someone mopped the floor of her room. Walking back to her bed, she slipped and fell and was injured. A cleaning lady said, “I’m sorry.  I’m so sorry.” Within two years of the fall, but more than one year afterward, she brought an action for damages against the hospital. Defendant moved for summary judgment based on the statute of limitations found in Code of Civil Procedure section 340.5, which applies to professional negligence. The trial court granted the motion. In reversing, the Court of Appeal held the action falls within the two-year statute of limitations found in Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1. (Pouzbaris v. Prime Healthcare Services-Anaheim, LLP (Cal. App. Fourth Dist., Div. 3; April 23, 2015) 236 Cal.App.4th 116, [186 Cal.Rptr.3d 314].)