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MORTON v. THOUSAND OAKS SURGICAL HOSPITAL

No. B212585.

187 Cal.App.4th 926 (2010)

114 Cal. Rptr. 3d 661

JESSICA MORTON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. THOUSAND OAKS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, Defendant and Respondent.

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

August 23, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillipi & Nutt, Steven J. Renshaw and Steven V. Phillipi for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Beam, Brobeck, West, Borges & Rosa, Fredrick M. Borges, John E. West, Andrew W. Salmond and Glen A. Stebens for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

PERREN, J.—

In Thing v. La Chusa, our Supreme Court narrowed its holding in Dillon v. Legg and limited the scope of claims for negligent infliction of emotional distress (NIED).1 Its avowed purpose in doing so was to "avoid limitless liability out of all proportion to the degree of a defendant's negligence, and against which it is impossible to insure without imposing unacceptable costs...

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