CRAMER v. MORRISON

Docket No. 17939.

88 Cal.App.3d 873 (1979)

153 Cal. Rptr. 865

JAMES M. CRAMER, as District Attorney, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. VERNON RAYMOND MORRISON, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

January 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Daniel J. Kremer, Jay M. Bloom and M. Howard Wayne, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Covington & Crowe, Robert F. Schauer and Robert E. Dougherty for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

TAMURA, Acting P.J.

The central issue on this appeal is whether the results of an human leucocyte antigen (HLA) test are admissible to establish parentage in a civil paternity suit.1

At the commencement of trial, defendant made an oral motion in limine to exclude the results of an HLA paternity test performed by Dr. Paul Terasaki of the UCLA School of Medicine on blood samples taken...

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