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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2021

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References

1 86 P.3d 290 (Cal. 2004).

2 Id. at 292.

3 CAL. WELF. & INST. CODE 15600 et seq. (West 2001).

4 CAL. CIV. PROC. CODE 425.13 (West 2004).

5 Id.

6 Covenant Care, 86 P.3d at 295.

7 Delaney v. Baker, 971 P.2d 986 (Cal. 1999).

8 Central Pathology Service Medical Clinic v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, 832 P.2d 924 (Cal. 1992).

9 Covenant Care, 86 P.3d at 296 (citing Central Pathology, 832 P.2d at 931).

10 Id.

11 Id.

12 Id.

13 Id.

14 Id. (emphasis in original).

15 Delaney v. Baker, 971 P.2d 986, 993 (Cal. 1999).

16 Covenant Care, 86 P.3d at 297.

17 Id.

18 Id. at 298 (emphasis in original) (citing Central Pathology Service Medical Clinic v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, 832 P.2d 924 (Cal. 1992)).

19 The court stated that [h]ealth care provider means any person licensed or certified pursuant to specified licensing provisions and any licensed clinic, health dispensary, or health facility and their legal representatives and that [n]eglectful elder abuse is the failure of those responsible for attending to the basic needs and comforts of elderly or dependent adults, regardless of their professional standing, to carry out their custodial obligations. Id. (emphasis in original) (citing Delaney, 971 P.2d at 993).

20 Delaney, 971 P.2d at 993.

21 Id. at 991.

22 Covenant Care, 86 P.3d at 299.

23 Delaney, 971 P.2d at 992.

24 Covenant Care, 86 P.3d at 299.

25 Id. at 300 (citing Central Pathology Service Medical Clinic v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, 832 P.2d 924, 929 (Cal. 1992)).

26 Id. at 301.

27 Id.

28 Central Pathology, 832 P.2d at 931.

29 See. e.g., United Western Medical Centers v. Superior Court of Orange County, 49 Cal. Rptr. 2d 682 (Cal. Ct. App. 1996).

1 85 P.3d 67 (Cal. 2004).

2 Id. at 74.

3 Id. at 74 n.3 (citing CAL. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 1367.25(b)(1)(A)-(D) (West 2000 & Supp. 2004).

4 Id. at 75.

5 Id. at 76.

6 Watson v. Jones, 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 679, 727 (1871).

7 Catholic Charities, 85 P.3d at 77.

8 Id.

9 Id. at 81.

10 Id.

11 494 U.S. 872 (1990).

12 Catholic Charities, 85 P.3d at 81 (citing Smith, 494 U.S. at 877-82).

13 Id. at 82.

14 Id.

15 Id. at 83.

16 Id. at 84.

17 Id. at 84-85.

18 Id. at 91.

19 Id.

20 Id. at 92.

21 Id. at 93-94.

22 Id. at 91-92.