California Court of Appeal

In plaintiff's putative class action lawsuit against Sharp Healthcare and Sharp Grossmont Hospital for violation of the UCL, violation of the Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), and other claims, claiming that defendant's deceptively and unfairly charged her and other uninsured more for medical services than from patients covered by Medicare or private insurance, trial court's dismissal of the complaint after sustaining without leave to amend defendant's demurrer is reversed where the court erred by sustaining the demurrer to the UCL and CLRA causes of action, as the second amended complaint sufficiently alleges plaintiff's standing. However, the judgment is affirmed in all other respects, as the court properly sustained the demurrer to the contract causes of action and it did not abuse its discretion by denying plaintiff's motion for reconsideration or leave to amend the contract causes of action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/19/2010
• Published 04/19/2010

Judges

• McCONNELL, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Law Offices of Barry L. Kramer, Barry L. Kramer; Strange & Carpenter, Brian R. Strange and Gretchen Carpenter for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, John Morris and Alexis S. Gutierrez for Defendants and Respondents.