Flores v. Natividad Medical Center
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KLINE, P. J.
Introduction
In these consolidated appeals, plaintiff Samuel Flores secured a jury verdict of $600,000 special damages and $550,000 general damages against defendants State of California, Natividad Medical Center, the County of Monterey, and Doctors Meyer, Lilienthal and Hunt. Following the verdict the trial court applied the provisions of the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) and struck $300,000 from the general damages pursuant to Civil Code section 3333.2 and later granted defendants’ motion to provide for periodic payments of the balance of the award. (Code…
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