UNRUH-HAXTON v. REGENTS OF UNIV. OF CAL.

No. G037749.

76 Cal.Rptr.3d 146 (2008)

162 Cal.App.4th 343

Margaret UNRUH-HAXTON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. The REGENTS OF the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeal of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

April 23, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Niddrie, Fish & Buchanan and Martin N. Buchanan for Plaintiffs and Appellants, Margaret Unruh-Haxton et al.

Beam, Brobeck, West, Borges & Rosa, Byron J. Beam, Santa Ana; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Martin Stein, Carolyn Oill, Lillie Hsu, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents, the Regents of the University of California et al.

Carroll, Kelly, Trotter, Franzen & McKenna, Mark V. Franzen, Dimitriy Cherepinskiy, and David P. Pruett, Long Beach, for Defendants and Respondents, Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center; Tenent Healthcare Corporation.


OPINION

O'LEARY, J.

This appeal involves eight cases brought by patients who received fertility treatments from two doctors in the late 1980s at a clinic located in Garden Grove. In 1995, it was reported by several news sources that the doctors had been stealing human genetic material from patients receiving fertility treatments. The patients allege in their complaints that they were unaware they were potential victims until after 2000, and filed then* lawsuits...

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