California Court of Appeal

The Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act, Civ. Code 3333.2(a), (c)(2), limitations on compensatory damages for medical malpractice do not apply where doctor performed surgery against the express wishes of patient where surgery would amount to more than a technical battery.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/23/2001
• Published 04/23/2001

Judges

• MIRIAM A. VOGEL, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Garcia, Emmons, Maranga & Morgenstern, Joseph G. Emmons;  Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Martin Stein and Jennifer L. King, Beverly Hills, for Defendants and Appellants., Thelen Reid & Priest, Curtis A. Cole, Fresno, and Kenneth R. Pedroza, Los Angeles, for California Medical Association, California Dental Association and California Healthcare Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants., Fogel, Feldman, Ostrov, Ringler & Klevens, Larry R. Feldman, Jan G. Levine and David Bricker, for Plaintiff and Respondent.