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CASE 3050 REVIEW GRANTED The CCP section requiring leave of the court to assert a claim for punitive damages in an action arising out of the professional negligence of a health care provider does not apply in an action for elder abuse against a defendant who incidentally is a health care provider.CitationCOVENANT CARE v SUPERIOR COURT (Elder Abuse Puni's) 89 CA4 928 [See: CivC 3333; CCP 425.13; PenC 368, 15600 etseq; Central Pathology v Superior Court 3 C4 181, T/AT 10/92; College Hosp v Superior Court 8 C4 704, T/AT 12/94; Davis v Superior Court 27 CA4 623, T/AT 9/94; Cooper v Superior Court 56 CA4 744, T/AT 8/97; Delaney v Baker 20 C4 23, T/AT 4/99; Community Care v Superior Court 79 CA4 787, T/AT 5/00]
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