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KOBZOFF v. L.A. COUNTY HARBOR/UCLA MED.

No. S066874.

80 Cal.Rptr.2d 803 (1998)

19 Cal.4th 851

968 P.2d 514

Mary KOBZOFF et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY HARBOR/UCLA MEDICAL CENTER et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

December 28, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Devirian, Utley & Detrick and Brian S. Detrick, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Torres & Brenner, Leonard Torres, Pasadena; Pollak, Vida & Fisher, Girard Fisher and Daniel P. Barer, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent County of Los Angeles.

John Sanford Todd, Lakewood, for City of Lakewood as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Richards, Watson & Gershon and Anthony B. Drewry, Los Angeles, for 97 California cities, the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority, the California Joint Powers Risk Management Authority and the California State Association of Counties as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent County of Los Angeles.

CHIN, J.

Code of Civil Procedure section 1038 allows certain defendants, including public entities, to recover the costs of defending frivolous civil actions under the California Tort Claims Act (Tort Claims Act) if the court determines the proceeding was not brought "with reasonable cause and in the good faith belief that there was a justifiable controversy under the facts and law...."1 (Code Civ.

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