Legal Opinion
County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 5, 1990No. B051362PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
EPSTEIN, J.
In this case we conclude that a department-wide hospital committee may satisfy the provision of Evidence Code section 1157 (section 1157) excepting proceedings and records of certain health care provider committees from discovery. We also conclude that the plaintiffs in this medical malpractice lawsuit have not established a present entitlement to discover the current medical opinion of the defendant physicians, who have not been designated as experts pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 2034, with respect to the medical procedures upon which plaintiffs base their…
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