COE v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. A048198.

220 Cal.App.3d 48 (1990)

269 Cal. Rptr. 368

JOHN COE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; IRWIN MEMORIAL BLOOD BANK, Real Party in Interest. MARY PINEDO et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; IRWIN MEMORIAL BLOOD BANK, Real Party in Interest.

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

May 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Cartwright, Slobodin, Bokelman, Borowsky, Wartnick, Moore & Harris, Robert U. Bokelman, Anglia S. Benjamin, Meis & Waite, Fred G. Meis and Sarah Jane Burgess for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

O'Connor, Cohn, Dillon & Barr, Duncan Barr, Lisa T. Ungerer, Charles Bond and Stephanie Y. Gandolfi for Real Party in Interest.

Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers & Huber, David E. Willett, Horvitz & Levy and S. Thomas Todd as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

PERLEY, J.

In this complex litigation we issued an alternative writ to inquire whether the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) applies to Irwin Memorial Blood Bank. We agree with respondent court that it does and, accordingly, deny the petition and discharge our alternative writ.

Petitioners are plaintiffs in two actions against Irwin Memorial Blood Bank (Irwin...

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