Legal Opinion
MacK v. Lian Soung
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 17, 2000No. C031977PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CALLAHAN, J.
This case presents the question of whether plaintiffs, the surviving children of Girtha Mack, can state a cause of action against her former physician for either violation of the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act (the Elder Abuse Act or the Act, Welf. & Inst. Code, 1 § 15600 et seq.), or for intentional infliction of emotional distress. The trial court sustained demurrers to both causes of action without leave to amend.
We will conclude that plaintiffs have sufficiently stated a cause of action against Dr. Lian Soung for elder abuse. In the unpublished…
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