Mavroudis v. Superior Court

Opinion

SCOTT, J.

J.—Petitioners Milton and Betty Mavroudis seek a writ of mandate to compel respondent superior court to order the production of certain psychiatric records. In the alternative, they request the records be delivered to their psychiatric expert, under a protective order, for examination to determine whether they contain evidence which would indicate real parties in interest knew, or reasonably should have known, that the psychiatric patient presented a serious danger to petitioners.

The question presented is how a plaintiff in an action brought pursuant to the Supreme Court’s…