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JOHNSON v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 61554.

123 Cal.App.3d 1002 (1981)

177 Cal. Rptr. 63

LYNETTE JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; SIERRA MADRE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, Real Party in Interest.

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

September 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Contos & Bunch and Bruce M. Bunch for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Harrington, Foxx, Dubrow & Canter and Patty Mortl for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

HASTINGS, J.

(1a) The issue presented in the present proceeding is whether petitioner has pleaded (or can plead) a valid cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress in a medical malpractice action resulting from the stillbirth of her child.

Petitioner's first amended complaint pleads two causes of action. The first, for personal injuries resulting from real party's alleged medical malpractice...

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