Legal Opinion
Hale v. Sharp Healthcare
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 19, 2010No. D054637PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McCONNELL, P. J.
This is a putative class action by Dagmar Hale against Sharp Healthcare and Sharp Grossmont Hospital (together Sharp) for violation of the unfair competition law (UCL) (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.), violation of the Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) (Civ. Code, § 1750 et seq.), breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Hale’s theory is that Sharp deceptively and unfairly charged her and other uninsured patients fees for medical services that substantially exceeded the fees it accepted from patients covered by Medicare…
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