TEMPLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S049103.

84 Cal.Rptr.2d 852 (1999)

976 P.2d 223

20 Cal.4th 464

TEMPLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Sandra Ramos, Real Party in Interest

Supreme Court of California.

May 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Flaherty & Belgum, O'Flaherty, Cross, Martinez, Ovando & Hatton and Robert M. Dato, Anaheim, for Petitioner.

Musick, Peeler & Garrett, R. Joseph De Briyn; Ginsburg, Stephan, Oringher & Richman, Harry W.R. Chamberlain II; and Marcus M. Kaufman, Los Angeles, for American Insurance Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Horvitz & Levy, David S. Ettinger and Julie L. Woods, Encino, for California Medical Association, California Healthcare Association and California Dental Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Paul N. Halvonik, Berkeley; and Fred J. Hiestand, Sacramento, for the Association for California Tort Reform as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Mazursky, Schwartz & Angelo, Christopher E. Angelo, Los Angeles, and Anthony Kornarens, for Real Party in Interest.

Ian Herzog, Santa Monica; Douglas Devries, Sacramento; Leonard Sacks, Granada Hills; Bruce Broillet, Santa Monica; Harvey Levine; Roland Wrinkle, Woodland Hills; Steven Kleifield, Los Angeles; David A. Rosen, Los Angeles; Tony Tanke, Redwood City; Mary E. Alexander, San Francisco; David Casey; Robert Steinberg; William Turley and Associates, William Turley, San Diego and Deborah A. Walker, for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party In Interest.


GEORGE, C.J.

In Cedars-Sinai Medical Center v. Superior Court (1998) 18 Cal.4th 1, 74 Cal.Rptr.2d 248, 954 P.2d 511 (Cedars-Sinai), we concluded that no tort cause of action will lie against a party to litigation for the intentional destruction or suppression of evidence when the spoliation was or should have been discovered before...

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