No Need To Sacrifice More Trees.

The appellate court reversed grant of summary judgment against a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action.  The trial court granted it because plaintiff’s expert declaration did not attach the materials the expert consulted in reaching his opinion, as required by Garibay v. Hemmat (2008) 161 Cal.App.4th 735, [74 Cal.Rptr.3d 715].  But the materials the expert relied upon were already authenticated and before the court since they were attached to the defendant’s moving papers.  One copy was enough.  Shugart v. Regents of U.C. (Warren) (Cal. App. Second Dist., Div. 8;  September 22, 2011) 199 Cal.App.4th 499, [132 Cal.Rptr.3d 72].