By Sandra Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SANTA ANA - Nearly three weeks into a trial over delay of medical care, Orange County Superior Court Judge Kirk H. Nakamura abruptly dismissed the case.
The veteran judge, assigned to Department C8 at the Central Justice Center, said he was forced to toss it because an appellate ruling issued days earlier found health maintenance organizations could not be held liable for medical decisions made by a contract... (continued)