MOROHOSHI v. PACIFIC HOME

No. S120903.

20 Cal.Rptr.3d 890 (2004)

34 Cal.4th 482

100 P.3d 433

Yoshi MOROHOSHI et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PACIFIC HOME et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

November 15, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lange & Koncius, Joseph J.M. Lange, El Segundo, and Jeffrey A. Koncius for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Horvitz & Levy, David M. Axelrad, Frederic C. Cohen, Encino; Giovanniello & Michels, Diamond Bar, Alexander F. Giovanniello, Helen A. Michels, Anaheim, and Cristian L. Peirano for Defendant and Respondent Harbor Regional Center.

Anahid Hoonanian and Daniel Juarez, Los Angeles, for Protection & Advocacy, Inc., and Capitol People First as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent Harbor Regional Center.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, James M. Humes, Assistant Attorney General, Douglas M. Press and Susan M. Carson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Department of Developmental Services as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent Harbor Regional Center.

Reed Smith, Kathy M. Banke, Bette B. Epstein, Oakland, and Mary L. Perry for Association of Regional Center Agencies as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent Harbor Regional Center.

No appearance for Defendant and Respondent Pacific Home.


BROWN, J.

Under the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Lanterman Act; Welf. & Inst.Code, § 4500 et seq.1), care for the developmentally disabled is provided by private contractors operating, among other services, residential care facilities. The coordination of the delivery of such direct services is the responsibility of "private nonprofit community agencies" called "regional centers." (§ 4620, subd. (b)...

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