John B. v. Bridget B. 8/23/04 CA2/8

State: California

Court: 1st District Court of Appeal 1st District Court of Appeal

Docket No: B169563

Case Date: 08/23/2004

Preview:Filed 8/23/04

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION EIGHT JOHN B., Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Respondent; BRIDGET B., Real Party in Interest. B169563 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC271134)

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING in mandate. Lawrence W. Crispo, Judge. Petition granted in part. Garrard & Davis and Donald A. Garrard; Eric S. Multhaup for Petitioner. No appearance for Respondent. Grassini & Wrinkle and Maryann P. Gallagher for Real Party in Interest.

Bridget B., the wife of John B., filed an action against John B. in which she contends that John infected her with HIV. Bridget seeks discovery that is described below and to which John objected on various grounds. The trial court entered orders that granted Bridget the discovery that she sought. John filed a petition for writ of mandate in which he seeks to reverse the orders granting Bridget the discovery that she seeks. We grant the petition in part. THE PERMISSIBLE SCOPE OF DISCOVERY "Unless otherwise limited by order of the court in accordance with this article, any party may obtain discovery regarding any matter, not privileged, that is relevant to the subject matter involved in the pending action or to the determination of any motion made in that action, if the matter either is itself admissible in evidence or appears reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence." (Code Civ. Proc.,

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