HORWICH v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B120188.

77 Cal.Rptr.2d 245 (1998)

Benjamin R. HORWICH, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Edward Acuna et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

Review Granted September 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horvitz & Levy, Barry R. Levy, Jon B. Eisenberg, Barry Bartholomew and Larry P. Bilbrew, Glendale, for Petitioner.

M. Scott Radovich, San Luis Obspo, for Real Parties in Interest.

No appearance for Respondent.


MIRIAM A. VOGEL, Associate Justice.

The Personal Responsibility Act of 1996 (Civ.Code, §§ 3333.3, 3333.4) was adopted by initiative "to restore balance to our justice system by limiting the right to sue of criminals, drunk drivers, and uninsured motorists." (Prop. 213, § 2, subd. (c), eff. Nov. 5, 1996.)1 In the case now before us, a defendant in a wrongful death action asks us to apply Proposition 213 to limit the recovery...

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