Supreme Court of California

Adult daughters do not have viable claims as bystanders, for negligent infliction of emotional distress, arising out of alleged medical malpractice directed toward their mother.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/12/2002
• Published 08/12/2002

Judges

• WERDEGAR, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven G. Cohn, Sacramento, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Schmid & Voiles, Susan H. Schmid, Suzanne De Rosa;  Thelen Reid & Priest, Curtis A. Cole and Kenneth R. Pedroza, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents Rolando Saenz and David M. Fung.,  Bonne, Bridges, Mueller, O'Keefe & Nichols, David J. O'Keefe, Patricia Egan Daehnke, Los Angeles, Michael A. Gregg, Mark B. Connely, San Luis Obispo, and Vangi J. Johnson for Defendant and Respondent Scott M. Eisenkop., Horvitz & Levy, H. Thomas Watson and David S. Ettinger, Encino, for California Medical Association, California Dental Association and California Healthcare Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents., Fred J. Hiestand for the Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.