JOHNSON v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (CALIFORNIA CRYOBANK, INC.), B155896
A sperm bank is a health care provider under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.13(b) (imposing procedural requirements on a party claiming punitive damages in a medical malpractice action), and doctors employed there acted as health care providers when they performed genetic screening of potential sperm donors.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/30/2002
- Published 08/30/2002
Judges
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Farnell & Norman, R. Richard Farnell, Newport Beach, and Margaret Kathryn Maas for Petitioners., Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, Timothy R. Graves and Judith M. Tishkoff, Los Angeles, for Real Party in Interest California Cryobank, Inc., Bonne, Bridges, Mueller, O'Keefe & Nichols, Mark B. Connely, San Luis Obispo, and Vangi M. Johnson for Real Party in Interest Charles A. Sims., LaFollette, Johnson, DeHaas, Fesler, Silberberg & Ames, Louis H. DeHaas, Gillian N. Pluma and David J. Ozeran, Los Angeles, for Real Party in Interest Cappy Rothman.
- For Appellees:
- No appearance for Respondent.