ROA v. LODI MEDICAL GROUP, INC.

Docket No. S.F. 24435.

37 Cal.3d 920 (1985)

695 P.2d 77

211 Cal. Rptr. 164

FRANK ROA, JR., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. LODI MEDICAL GROUP, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

February 7, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Miller, Katz, Harlem & Dixon, Robert A. Harlem, Richard L. Katz, Laurence H. Tribe and Arthur E. Schwimmer for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

David M. Harney, Michael F. Dillingham, Arne Werchick, Wylie A. Aitken, Richard D. Bridgman, Glen T. Bashore, Edwin Train Caldwell, Robert E. Cartwright, Victoria J. De Goff, Sanford Gage, John Gardenal, Ian Herzog, G. Dana Hobart, Harvey R. Levine, Edward I. Pollock, Jerome B. Falk, Jr., Dirk M. Schenkkan and Howard, Prim, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady & Pollak as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

No appearance for Defendants and Respondents.

Musick, Peeler & Garrett, James E. Ludlam, Horvitz & Greines, Horvitz & Levy, Ellis J. Horvitz, S. Thomas Todd, Kent L. Richland, John L. Klein, Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers & Huber, David E. Willett, Maureen E. Corcoran and Fred J. Hiestand as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

KAUS, J.

This is the third in a series of cases involving the constitutionality of various provisions of the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 (MICRA). In American Bank & Trust Co. v. Community Hospital (1984) 36 Cal.3d 359 [204 Cal.Rptr. 671, 683 P.2d 670], we upheld a provision...

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