COLLEGE HOSPITAL, INC., Petitioner,
v.
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; LAURA DIANE CROWELL et al., Real Parties in Interest.
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October 31, 1994.
October 31, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
Madory, Booth, Zell & Pleiss, Madory, Zell & Pleiss, Larry T. Pleiss, Horvitz & Levy, Ellis J. Horvitz, Daniel J. Gonzalez and S. Thomas Dodd for Petitioner.
Munger, Tolles & Olson, Allen M. Katz, Jeffrey L. Bleich, Chapman, Popik & White, Susan M. Popik, Nance F. Becker, Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, Curtis A. Cole, Michael D. Holtz and Fred J. Hiestand as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.
John A. Luetto, Murtaugh, Miller, Meyer & Nelson, Michael J. Murtaugh, Lana Feldman and Susan Westover for Real Parties in Interest.
Houck & Balisok, Russell S. Balisok, Shernoff, Bidart & Darras, William M. Shernoff and Sharon J. Arkin as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
BAXTER, J.
We focus for the second time in two years on Code of Civil Procedure section 425.13, subdivision (a) (section 425.13(a)).1 This section bars inclusion of a punitive damages claim in certain actions against health care providers unless the plaintiff first demonstrates a "substantial probability" that he "will prevail" on the claim. In Central...
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