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LOPEZ v. LEDESMA

No. S262487.

12 Cal.5th 848 (2022)

505 P.3d 212

290 Cal. Rptr. 3d 532

MARISOL LOPEZ, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GLENN LEDESMA et al., Defendants and Appellants; BERNARD KOIRE, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

February 24, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Esner, Chang & Boyer, Stuart B. Esner ; Law Office of Neil M. Howard and Neil M. Howard for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Steven B. Stevens for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Cole Pedroza, Kenneth R. Pedroza , Matthew S. Levinson and Zena Jacobsen for Defendants and Appellants.

Reback, McAndrews & Blessey and Thomas F. McAndrews for Defendant and Appellant Glen Ledesma.

LaFollette Johnson De Haas Fesler & Ames and Louis DeHaas for Defendant and Appellant Suzanne Freesemann.

Peterson Bradford Burkwitz and Avi A. Burkwitz for Defendant and Appellant Brian Hughes.

Fred J. Hiestand for the Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Tucker Ellis and Traci L. Shafroth for California Medical Association, California Dental Association, California Hospital Association, California Academy of Physician Assistants and the American Medical Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Prindle, Goetz, Barnes & Reinholtz, Jack R. Reinholtz and Douglas S. de Heras for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

Under a provision of the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA), damages for noneconomic losses shall not exceed $250,000 in "any action for injury against a health care provider based on professional negligence." (Civ. Code, § 3333.2, subds. (a), (b); all undesignated statutory references are to the...

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