Dougherty v. Haag

Opinion

SELLS, P. J.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is a “common law right of fair procedure” case. (E.g., Pinsker v. Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists (1974) 12 Cal.3d 541 [116 Cal.Rptr. 245, 526 P.2d 253] (Pinsker II); James v. Marinship Corp. (1944) 25 Cal.2d 721 [155 P.2d 329] (Marinship); Yari v. Producers Guild of America, Inc. (2008) 161 Cal.App.4th 172 [73 Cal.Rptr.3d 803] (Yari); Oskooi v. Fountain Valley Regional Hospital (1996) 42 Cal.App.4th 233 [49 Cal.Rptr.2d 769] (Oskooi).)

The right of fair procedure derives, as our high court pointed out in Pinsker II, from the common law, and should…