Mealey's ( October 7, 2022, 1:59 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California appellate court affirmed a trial court’s grant of judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) in favor of a medical center in an estate’s suit alleging negligence under the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, finding that the trial court correctly determined that the evidence did not support the assertion that the medical center had a custodial relationship with the decedent and that the medical center’s failure to screen the decedent before he sustained burns during an MRI scan did not constitute neglect under the act....