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- Title: Whiteside v. Tenet Healthcare Corporation
- Author : In the Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District Division Four
- Release Date : January 27, 2002
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 74 KB
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CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION Introduction In the first of these consolidated appeals, plaintiff Robert K. Whiteside appeals from summary judgment granted in favor of defendants Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its related entities (collectively ""Tenet""). Whiteside sued Tenet, the entity which owns and operates a hospital at which Whiteside received medical treatment, claiming that Tenet breached its admissions agreement with Whiteside and also its agreement with Whiteside's health insurance company, by accepting an additional payment from another insurer with whom Whiteside holds a group health insurance policy. 1 Because we conclude the contracts at issue specifically allowed Tenet to accept payment from other insurers, and because Tenet's actions are permitted by California law, we conclude summary judgment was properly entered. We affirm.