Legal Opinion
Mendez v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 12, 1988No. Docket Nos. F009987, F010027PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ARDAIZ, J.
In this case involving sexual assault and battery, we are called upon to review the trial court’s denial of defendants’ motions under Code of Civil Procedure section 2017, subdivision (d), 1 to discover plaintiff’s sexual conduct with third persons. We will leave the trial court’s denial undisturbed after reviewing the several grounds asserted by defendants as justifying such discovery.
On August 5, 1985, Helen Peery (plaintiff) and her husband Claude filed a complaint against Robert Mendez, the County of Merced (County) and Doe defendants. She claimed that in August of 1984…
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