Ombudsman Services of Northern California v. Superior Court

Opinion

CANTIL-SAKAUYE, J.

This writ proceeding challenges an order of the trial court requiring Ombudsman Services of Northern California (OSNC), an authorized representative of the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman and a nonparty to the underlying litigation, to provide the litigants with all of its records relating to a specific long-term care facility over a specified period of time. We conclude the trial court erred in requiring the production of such investigatory records, even with the redaction ordered by the court. We will grant OSNC’s petition for extraordinary relief and…