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CENTRAL PATHOLOGY SERV. MED. CLINIC v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S021168.

3 Cal.4th 181 (1992)

832 P.2d 924

10 Cal. Rptr.2d 208

CENTRAL PATHOLOGY SERVICE MEDICAL CLINIC, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; CONSTANCE HULL et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

July 31, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Bonne, Jones, Bridges, Mueller, O'Keefe, Kenneth N. Mueller, John Aitelli, John D. McCurdy, D. Scott Elliot, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Kent L. Richland and Roxanne Huddleston for Petitioners.

Horvitz & Levy, S. Thomas Todd and David S. Ettinger as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

David M. Harney, Carl McMahan, Thomas Kallay, Esner & Marylander, Stuart B. Esner and Grant Marylander for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

Real parties in interest (plaintiffs) brought suit against petitioners (defendants) alleging claims based on negligent medical practices. Subsequently, plaintiffs were permitted to amend their complaint to add two causes of action based on intentional tort theories and to claim punitive damages for those intentional torts. The trial court (respondent) concluded Code of Civil Procedure section 425.13,

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