What is the current state of the law on discrimination in medical malpractice cases?

Sanchez v. South Hoover Hospital, 18 Cal.3d 93, 101, 132 Cal.Rptr. 657, 553 P.2d 1129 (1976) (citations omitted). "The proper focus is upon the time of the discriminatory acts, not upon the

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time at which the consequences of the acts became most painful." Abramson v. Univ. of Hawaii, 594 F.2d 202, 209 (9th Cir.1979) (addressing sex discrimination claim).