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COITO v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S181712.

54 Cal.4th 480 (2012)

142 Cal. Rptr. 3d 607

278 P.3d 860

DEBRA COITO, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF STANISLAUS COUNTY, Respondent; STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

June 25, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Carcione, Cattermole, Dolinski, Okimoto, Stucky, Ukshini, Markowitz & Carcione, Joseph W. Carcione, Jr. , Gary W. Dolinski and Neal A. Markowitz for Petitioner.

Rose, Klein & Marias and David A. Rosen for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, David S. Chaney , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros , State Solicitor General, Gordon Burns , Deputy State Solicitor General, James M. Schiavenza , Assistant Attorney General, Steven M. Gevercer and Peter A. Meshot , Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.

O'Melveny & Myers, Paul Salvaty and Michael Reynolds for Association of Southern California Defense Counsel as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

Dennis J. Herrera , City Attorney (San Francisco) and Danny Chou , Chief of Complex and Special Ligation, for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

LIU, J. —

In California, an attorney's work product is protected by statute. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2018.010 et seq.; all further unlabeled statutory references are to the Code of Civ. Proc.) Absolute protection is afforded to writings that reflect "an attorney's impressions, conclusions, opinions, or legal research or theories." (§ 2018.030, subd. (a).) All other work product receives qualified protection; such material...

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