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WESTERN STEAMSHIP LINES v. SAN PEDRO PENINSULA HOSP.

Docket No. S033710.

8 Cal.4th 100 (1994)

876 P.2d 1062

32 Cal. Rptr.2d 263

WESTERN STEAMSHIP LINES, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SAN PEDRO PENINSULA HOSPITAL, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 28, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Kussman & Whitehill, Michael H. Whitehill and Russell S. Kussman for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Rushfeldt, Shelley & Drake, Allan L. Rushfeldt, Linda C. Miller, Horvitz & Levy, Daniel J. Gonzalez, S. Thomas Todd and Sandra J. Smith for Defendant and Appellant.

Thelen, Marin, Johnson & Bridges and Curtis A. Cole as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

OPINION

ARABIAN, J.

The question presented is whether Civil Code section 3333.2, limiting recovery of noneconomic damages by an injured party against a health care provider, applies in an action for partial equitable indemnification by a concurrent tortfeasor. After careful consideration of the public policy underlying the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA), of which section 3333.2 is an integral part, we conclude that...

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