COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. B051362.

224 Cal.App.3d 1446 (1990)

274 Cal. Rptr. 712

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; ANTONIA MARTINEZ et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

November 5, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Bonne, Jones, Bridges, Mueller & O'Keefe, Peter R. Osinoff, Bronislav M. Draganov, Robert W. Bates, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Martin Stein, Kent L. Richland and Barbara Springer Perry for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Emmett J. Gantz and Maureen Thomas for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

EPSTEIN, J.

In this case we conclude that a department-wide hospital committee may satisfy the provision of Evidence Code section 1157 (section 1157) excepting proceedings and records of certain health care provider committees from discovery. We also conclude that the plaintiffs in this medical malpractice lawsuit have not established a present entitlement to discover the current medical opinion of the defendant physicians...

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