Legal Opinion
Doyle v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 31, 1996No. H015179PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MIHARA, J.
This petition seeks to overturn an order compelling petitioner Cindy Doyle to undergo a mental examination and to pay monetary sanctions to real party Daniel Caldwell for opposing his motion to compel this mental examination. Doyle claims that this mental examination was not justified under Code of Civil Procedure section 2032 because her allegation that she had suffered emotional distress arising from Caldwell’s alleged sexual harassment of her which was not ongoing and had ended in October 1994 did not place her “mental condition” in controversy in her sexual harassment…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Vinson v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1987
- Bridges v. Eastman Kodak Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1994
- Curtis v. Express, Inc.District Court, N.D. New York · 1994
- Browne v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1979
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