MEZA v. SOUTHERN CAL. PHYSICIANS INS. EXCHANGE

Docket No. C026203.

62 Cal.App.4th 709 (1998)

KATHERINE MEZA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS INSURANCE EXCHANGE, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

March 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert B. Lilley for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Latham & Watkins, Milton A. Miller and Michael Bruce Abelson for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

SIMS, Acting P.J.

In June 1994 Dr. Rumi Lakha proposed to treat a wart on Katherine Meza's left index finger by injecting melaleuca oil (commonly known as tea tree oil), a natural distillate of the leaves and bark of the melaleuca tree, into the finger. Meza agreed to this procedure. When she next visited Dr. Lakha's office, he performed the injection. Less than 24 hours later, necrosis and infection in Meza's finger, caused...

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