DIVINO PLASTIC SURGERY, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. D079661.

78 Cal.App.5th 972 (2022)

293 Cal. Rptr. 3d 47

DIVINO PLASTIC SURGERY, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Respondent: MOISES ESPINOZA et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

As modified May 19, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cole Pedroza, Kenneth R. Pedroza , Cassidy C. Davenport , Zena Jacobsen ; Hegeler & Anderson, Barton H. Hegeler and Storm P. Anderson for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Niddrie Addams Fuller Singh and David A. Niddrie for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

In this original proceeding, a surgeon and his clinic seek a writ directing the trial court to vacate its order allowing the survivors of a patient who died from a surgical procedure to amend their complaint to assert a claim for punitive damages. The evidence of the misconduct of the surgeon and the employees...

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