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LEWIS v. REGIONAL CENTER OF THE EAST BAY

Docket No. A028423.

174 Cal.App.3d 350 (1985)

220 Cal. Rptr. 89

ROY LEWIS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. REGIONAL CENTER OF THE EAST BAY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

November 14, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert J. Valkevich and Reuben, Quint & Valkevich for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Martin W. Johnson, Debra Spotts Blum, Lynn C. Schneider, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Glynn & Harvey, Glynn, Harvey & Tosney, Robert J. Glynn, Leila H. Moncharsh, Sarrail & Russell, James A. Sarrail and Stephen W. Hall for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

KING, J.

In this case we hold that the Legislature restricted the right to maintain an action for wrongful death to heirs as that term is defined by the intestacy provisions of the Probate Code and did not intend that right to be exercised by one who became an heir by virtue of the heirs disclaiming any interest in the estate of the decedent.

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