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0265 Where necessary to protect a plaintiff's right to a preferential trial date courts should recognize an implied exception to statutory time limits on a motion to amend a complaint for medical malpractice to include a punitive damages claim, so long as defendant has had sufficient notice and opportunity for discovery.CitationLOONEY v SUPERIOR COURT (AIDS Quackery) 16 CA4 521 [See: CCP 36, 425.13; Bommareddy v SuperCt 222 CA3 1017; Central Pathology v SuperCt 3 C4 181; Krieger v SuperCt 14 CA4 584]
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