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ALEXANDER v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S026431.

5 Cal.4th 1218 (1993)

859 P.2d 96

23 Cal. Rptr.2d 397

SHIRLEY ALEXANDER et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; SHAIK M. SAHEB et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

October 14, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Louise A. Lewis, Donald E. Werner, Girardi and Keese and James B. Kropff for Petitioners.

No Appearance for Respondent.

Early, Maslach & Price, Horvitz & Levy, David M. Axelrad and David S. Ettinger for Real Parties in Interest.

Catherine I. Hanson, Kimberly S. Davenport, Christine R. Hall, Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender (Los Angeles), and John Hamilton Scott, Deputy Public Defender, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

Petitioners are plaintiffs in a medical malpractice action. Real parties in interest (defendants in the underlying action) are various physicians and the Granada Hills Community Hospital (Granada Hills or Hospital). Petitioners sought to discover from Hospital the physicians' applications and reapplications for staff privileges at Granada Hills. The trial court declined to order discovery, and petitioners sought...

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