Easton v. Sutter Coast Hospital

Opinion

POCHÉ, J.

In this case we are called upon to construe the breadth of the immunity from civil liability conferred by Welfare and Institutions Code section 15634 1 both for those who report suspected elder abuse and those who facilitate access to the victims of suspected abuse. The section provides that “No . . . health practitioner . . . who reports a known or suspected instance of elder or dependent adult abuse shall be civilly or criminally liable for any report required or authorized by this article.” (§ 15634, subd. (a).) The section goes on to provide that “Any . . . health…