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SCRIPPS HEALTH v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. D041785.

135 Cal.Rptr.2d 126 (2003)

109 Cal.App.4th 529

SCRIPPS HEALTH, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of San Diego County, Respondent, James Haller Reynolds et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

June 6, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lotz, Doggett & Rawers, Thomas E. Lotz, San Diego, and J. Jason Hill for Petitioner.

Clement & Associates, Lesley Ann Clement, Sacramento, and Martha M. Stringer for Real Parties in Interest.

McINTYRE, J.

In this case we conclude that confidential occurrence reports prepared by a hospital were protected by the attorney-client privilege and thus the trial court abused its discretion by ordering such reports be produced during discovery.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The heirs of decedent Gerald Reynolds (collectively plaintiffs) sued Scripps Health dba Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Scripps) for damages for wrongful death arising...

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