AMERICAN BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as Special Administrator, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF LOS GATOS-SARATOGA, INC., Defendant and Appellant.
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July 9, 1984.
July 9, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
Thomas R. Fellows, Robinson & Wood, Wines, Robinson & Wood and Wines, Robinson, Wood & Anderson for Defendant and Appellant.
John H. Larson, County Counsel (Los Angeles), Peter R. Krichman, Deputy County Counsel, Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers & Huber, David E. Willett, Maureen E. Corcoran, Howard Hassard, Charles Bond, Musick, Peeler & Garrett, James E. Ludlam, Horvitz & Greines, Horvitz, Greines & Poster, Ellis J. Horvitz, Marjorie G. Romans, Kent L. Richland, John L. Klein, Livingston & Mattesich, James M. Mattesich, Fred J. Hiestand, Paul Halvonik, L. Savannah Lichtman, Donald L. Reidhaar, James E. Holst, John F. Lundberg, Alschuler, Grossman & Pines, Burt Pines, Howard Wollitz, Latham & Watkins, Bryant C. Danner, Donald P. Newell, Joseph A. Wheelock, Jr., Milton A. Miller, Natalie E. West, City Attorney (Berkeley), George Agnost, City Attorney (San Francisco), Burk E. Delventhal and Thomas J. Owen, Deputy City Attorneys, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
Popelka, Allard, McCowan & Jones, Bernard J. Allard, Donald D. Howard, Stephan A. Barber and Michael J. Murray for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Arne Werchick, Leonard Sacks, Glen T. Bashore, Ralph Drayton, Richard D. Bridgman, Robert E. Cartwright, Ian Herzog, Edward I. Pollock, Harvey R. Levine, Stephen I. Zetterberg, Wylie Aitken, Sanford M. Gage, J. Nick DeMeo, David M. Harney, Michael F. Dillingham, Franklin C. Valvo and Frederick Barak as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
KAUS, J.
In May 1975, the Governor — citing serious problems that had arisen throughout the state as a result of a rapid increase in medical malpractice insurance premiums — convened the Legislature in extraordinary session to consider measures aimed at remedying the situation.1 In response, the Legislature enacted the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 (MICRA) (Stats...
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