California Court of Appeal

NORMAN v. LIFE CARE CTRS. OF AM., INC., D039240

In an elder abuse and wrongful death action, the trial court prejudicially erred by refusing plaintiff's request for an instruction with BAJI No. 3.45 on Negligence Per Se.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/17/2003
• Published 04/17/2003

Judges

• McDONALD, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Finkelstein & Finkelstein, Norman M. Finkelstein, and Julianne Mizer, San Diego, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Houck & Balisok, Russell S. Balisok, Steven C. Wilheim, Glendale, and Patricia L. Canner for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
•  Lucas, Mullany, Boyer & Haverkamp, Linda Hunt Mullany, Patricia Jo Custer, San Diego, Karen M. Stuckey and Eugenia Liu for Defendants and Respondents., Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Mark E. Reagan, Mark A. Johnson, Sacramento, and Berta H. Schweinberger, Oakland, for California Association of Health Facilities as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.