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0742 A timely motion for leave to add a claim for punitive damages in an action arising from the professional negligence of a health care provider must be granted unless as a matter of law plaintiff's allegations and declarations are insufficient to support a judgment for punitive damages; an employer is not vicariously liable for punitive damages for its employee's acts unless the employer's conduct could result in liability for punitive damages; a corporation is not liable for punitive damages for acts of a managing agent unless the acts were committed in the corporation's interest.CitationCOLLEGE HOSP v SUPERIOR COURT (Vicarious Puni's) 8 C4 704 [See: CCP 425.13; Central Pathology v SuperCt 3 C4 181, T/AT 10/92; Aquino v SuperCt 21 CA4 847; Looney v SuperCt 16 CA4 521, T/AT 8/93; Rowe v SuperCt 15 CA4 1711, T/AT 8/93; Hung v Wang 8 CA4 908, T/AT 10/92; CivC 3294]
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