Docket No. 13986. November 12, 1982. Appeal from Superior Court of Stanislaus County, No. 169032, Norman S. Reid, Judge. COUNSEL Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and David Y. Stanley, Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant. George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, Robert D. Marshall and Garrett Beaumont, Deputy Attorney Generals, for Plaintiff
Docket No. 62015. November 23, 1981. COUNSEL Richard D. Hughes and David P. Crandall for Petitioner. No appearance for Respondent. Arthur W. Tuverson and Helen Gordon Woznak for Real Parties in Interest. OPINION STEPHENS, Acting P.J. Petitioner is the plaintiff in a pending legal malpractice action. Real parties in interest are defendants in that action. Petitioner has filed a petition for writ of mandate to challenge respondent court's order striking a claim for punitive damages. We issued an alternative