GRIFFITHS v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B143674.

117 Cal.Rptr.2d 445 (2002)

96 Cal.App.4th 757

Cadvan O. GRIFFITHS, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Medical Board of California, Real Party in Interest.

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

Review Denied June 12, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonne, Bridges, Mueller, O'Keefe & Nichols, and Peter R. Osinoff, Los Angeles, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Carlos Ramirez, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Cindy M. Lopez, Deputy Attorney General, for Real Party in Interest.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

KITCHING, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

Business and Professions Code section 2239, subdivision (a)1 provides that if a physician sustains two or more misdemeanor convictions involving the consumption of alcoholic beverages, those convictions constitute unprofessional conduct. We hold that a "logical connection" or nexus exists between the convictions and the physician...

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