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COURTESY AMBULANCE SERVICE v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. E010816.

8 Cal.App.4th 1504 (1992)

11 Cal. Rptr.2d 161

COURTESY AMBULANCE SERVICE OF SAN BERNARDINO, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Respondent; STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

August 21, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Nicholas P. Roxborough and Esteban G. Gallegos for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Krimen, Bjornsen & Klein, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Finley L. Taylor, Justine M. Casey and Anthony Castrilli, Jr., for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

DABNEY, J.

The question presented in this original proceeding is whether the State Compensation Insurance Fund (hereinafter SCIF), when sued in tort, can be held liable for punitive damages. We conclude that it can, and that the trial court accordingly erred in granting SCIF's motion to strike the request for such damages from the complaint.

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