REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNT

No. B249148.

220 Cal.App.4th 549 (2013)

163 Cal. Rptr. 3d 205

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY Respondent; MELINDA PLATTER, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

October 15, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Robinson , Karen J. Petrulakis , Margaret L. Wu ; Munger, Tolles & Olson, Bradley S. Phillips and Michelle T. Friedland for Petitioner.

Lois J. Richardson , for California Hospital Association, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Kevin M. Fong and Sarah G. Flanagan for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford Hospital and Clinics as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Francisco J. Silva and Lisa Matsubara for California Medical Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Bartko, Zankel, Bunzel & Miller, Robert H. Bunzel , William I. Edlund , Michael D. Abraham and Simon R. Goodfellow for Sutter Health, Sutter Medical Foundation and Sutter Connect as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Kabateck Brown Kellner , Brian S. Kabateck , Richard L. Kellner ; Ernst Law Group, Don A. Ernst and Taylor Ernst , for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

PERLUSS, P. J.

The Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) (Civ. Code, § 56 et seq.)1 prohibits health care providers and related entities from disclosing medical information regarding a patient without authorization except in certain specified instances. (§ 56.10.) A patient may bring an action for actual damages, nominal...

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