Hurtado v. Western Medical Center

Opinion

WALLIN, J.

Priscilla Hurtado appeals the judgment of dismissal of her medical malpractice complaint following her failure to comply with an order to produce experts for deposition and to pay sanctions. She claims under the Civil Discovery Act of 1986 she has no burden to produce experts designated by her but not “retained ... for the purpose of forming and expressing an opinion . . . (Code Civ. Proc., § 2034, subd. (a)(2).) She argues because the original order to produce experts was contrary to statute, the accompanying monetary sanction order and a subsequent sanction order excluding…