GREENBERG v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. G040605.

172 Cal.App.4th 1339 (2009)

___ Cal.Rptr.3d ___

LAURENCE GREENBERG, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; DENISE SMITH et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

April 9, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonne, Bridges, Mueller, O'Keefe & Nichols and Joel Bruce Douglas for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Law Offices of Barry Novack, Barry B. Novack and Jonathan Parrott for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

IKOLA, J.

In this tragic case, real parties in interest Denise Smith and her son, Brandon Smith (plaintiffs), sued petitioner Laurence Greenberg, a psychiatrist, for wrongful death due to medical negligence after petitioner's patient shot and killed two members of plaintiffs' immediate family.1 Brandon also sued petitioner for emotional distress. Petitioner moved for summary judgment, but the trial...

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