State Department of State Hospitals v. Superior Court

WERDEGAR, J.,

Concurring. — I concur in the court’s decision affirming the Court of Appeal’s judgment ordering the superior court to sustain *358defendants’ demurrers to plaintiff’s first and second causes of action. I do so, however, on narrower grounds than the majority. The majority holds plaintiff’s allegations of proximate cause are both legally insufficient as to cause in fact and in contravention of public policies involving discretionary governmental decisions. (Maj. opn., ante, at pp. 355-357.) I agree with the first conclusion but not the second.

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