COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B188909.

42 Cal.Rptr.3d 390 (2006)

139 Cal.App.4th 8

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Petitioners, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Patricia Reyes Gavira et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

May 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manning & Marder, Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, LLP, Mildred K. O'Linn, Timothy J. Kral and Kevin H. Louth, Los Angeles, for Petitioners.

Sonia Mercado & Associates, Sonia M. Mercado, Los Angeles; Law Offices of R. Samuel Paz and R. Samuel Paz, Culver City, for Real Parties in Interest.

No appearance for Respondent.


KRIEGLER, J.

Records of organized medical peer review committees are exempt from discovery in a civil action pursuant to Evidence Code section 1157.1 Section 1157.6 extends the same protection to the quality assurance committees of county-operated mental health facilities. Petitioners, the County of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD), and Los Angeles County Sheriff...

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