Goldberg v. Superior Court

Opinion

WORK, Acting P. J.

In this case, we are called upon to decide as a matter of first impression the scope of a Probate Code section 3601 order approving expenses on a minor’s compromise. We conclude the statute gives the court the power to decide reasonable expenses to be paid from the settlement, not the reasonable value of the services rendered to the minor.

Factual and Procedural Background

Dr. Leonard Goldberg is a chiropractor who treated three minors, Steven, Celia and Liliana, for injuries sustained in a bus accident in January 1991. At the start of the treatment, the parents signed…