FREEDMAN v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. G040091.

166 Cal.App.4th 198 (2008)

ALAN MARC FREEDMAN, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; STEVEN CHARBONNEAU, Real Party in Interest.

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

August 22, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LaFollette, Johnson, De Haas, Fesler & Ames, Dennis K. Ames, Wendy E. Coulston; Cole Pedroza, Kenneth R. Pedroza and Matthew S. Levinson for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Hodes, Milman, Daniel M. Hodes; and Donna Bader for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

IKOLA, J.

Petitioner Alan Marc Freedman, M.D. (hereafter defendant), seeks a writ of mandate ordering the trial court to vacate its order granting real party in interest Steven Charbonneau's (hereafter plaintiff) motion to amend his medical malpractice complaint to add a punitive damages claim. (See Code Civ. Proc., §425.13, subd. (a) (section 425.13(a)).)

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