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WOODS v. YOUNG

Docket No. S005969.

53 Cal.3d 315 (1991)

807 P.2d 455

279 Cal. Rptr. 613

VARETTA WOODS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WILLIAM YOUNG et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

April 4, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert Wasserwald and William J. Cleary, Jr., for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Ian Herzog, Leonard Sacks, Robert Steinberg, Bruce Broillet, Evan Marshall, Richard D. Aldrich, Harvey R. Levine, Douglas DeVries, Robert E. Cartwright, Guy Saperstein, Gary Gwilliam, Sanford Gage and Roland Wrinkle as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Kirtland & Packard, Harold J. Hunter, Jr., Donna P. McCray, Herzfeld & Rubin, Michael A. Zuk, Roy D. Goldstein, Seymour W. Croft, Shield & Smith, Richard B. Castle and Douglas Fee for Defendants and Respondents.

Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers & Huber, David E. Willett, Musick, Peeler & Garrett, James F. Ludlam, Charles E. Forbes, Horvitz, Levy & Amerian,

S. Thomas Todd and Frederic D. Cohen as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

KENNARD, J.

In 1975, the Legislature enacted the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) in response to a health care crisis caused by a rapid increase in premiums for medical malpractice insurance. Among MICRA's many provisions is one that requires a plaintiff, before filing an action based on a health care provider's professional negligence, to give the defendant at least 90 days' notice of intent to sue.

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