California Court of Appeal

In an action to add a punitive damages claim to plaintiff's medical malpractice complaint, writ of mandate to vacate court's motion to amend is granted where: 1) plaintiff knew sufficient facts to file the motion before the statutory deadline; and 2) to the extent plaintiff desired additional evidence, he did not conduct reasonably diligent discovery before the deadline.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/22/2008
• Published 08/22/2008

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• LaFollette, Johnson, De Haas, Fesler & Ames, Dennis K. Ames and Wendy E. Coulston, Santa Ana;  Cole Pedroza, Kenneth R. Pedroza and Matthew S. Levinson, Pasadena, for Petitioner., Hodes, Milman and Daniel M. Hodes, San Francisco;  Donna Bader, Laguna Beach, for Real Party in Interest.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.