WILLIAMS v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. D020709.

30 Cal.App.4th 318 (1994)

36 Cal. Rptr.2d 112

JENNY S. WILLIAMS et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Respondent; SAN DIEGO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE, INC., et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

October 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Sheldon Deutsch and David A. Manzi for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

McInnis, Fitzgerald, Rees & Sharkey, Richard D. Barton and Shelley A. Carder for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

BENKE, J.

In this proceeding we are asked to determine whether Code of Civil Procedure1 section 425.13, which governs inclusion of a punitive damage claim in an action for professional negligence against a health care provider, applies. The underlying action was brought by Jenny S. Williams, a phlebotomist, allegedly injured while drawing blood from a violent patient at the San Diego Rehabilitation...

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