College Hospital Inc. v. Superior Court
8 Cal.4th 704 (Cal. 1994) Cited 532 times 1 Legal AnalysesSummarizing amendments
Delaney v. Baker
20 Cal.4th 23 (Cal. 1999) Cited 216 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding recklessness "involves more than inadvertence, incompetence [or] unskillfulness"
Central Pathology Serv. Med. Clinic v. Superior Court
3 Cal.4th 181 (Cal. 1992) Cited 99 timesHolding that plaintiffs' cause of action for fraud "aris[es] out of the professional negligence of a health care provider" for purposes of Code of Civil Procedure section 425.13
Turman v. Turning Point of Central California, Inc.
191 Cal.App.4th 53 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010) Cited 43 times 1 Legal AnalysesRequiring facts pled in the complaint to "rise to the level of malice, oppression or fraud necessary under Civil Code section 3294 to state a claim for punitive damages"
Brousseau v. Jarrett
73 Cal.App.3d 864 (Cal. Ct. App. 1977) Cited 38 timesHolding that the "conclusory characterization of defendant's conduct as intentional, willful and fraudulent" was "patently insufficient" to support the recovery of punitive damages