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THORNBURG v. EL CENTRO REGIONAL MED. CENTER

No. D047004.

48 Cal.Rptr.3d 840 (2006)

143 Cal.App.4th 198

Patience THORNBURG, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. EL CENTRO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant and Respondent.

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

September 22, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Niddrie, Fish & Buchanan and Michael H. Fish, San Diego; Huffman & Kostas and James C. Kostas, San Diego; Law Offices of Sheldon A. Ostroff and Sheldon A. Ostroff, San Diego; Law Offices of Barron Ramos and Barron Ramos, Del Mar, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Martha L. McGill; DiCaro, Coppo & Popcke and Michael R. Popcke, Carlsbad, for Defendant and Respondent.

BENKE, J.

Plaintiff and appellant Patience Thornburg was a patient at defendant and respondent El Centro Regional Medical Center (El Centro) and in April 2002 Thornburg's attorneys asked El Centro for a copy of her medical records. El Centro provided Thornburg's attorneys with the medical records, but charged them $2 a page.

In general under Evidence Code1 section 1158 a medical care provider, such as El Centro, may charge a patient...

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