Unzueta

Filed 11/7/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

ZULMA UNZUETA, B313215

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC495137) v.

ASMIK AKOPYAN,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Anthony J. Mohr, Judge. Reversed and remanded with instructions. McMurray Henriks and Yana G. Henriks for Plaintiff and Appellant. Cole Pedroza, Kenneth R. Pedroza, Matthew S. Levinson; Packer, O’Leary & Corson, Robert B. Packer and Paul M. Corson for Defendant and Respondent.

__________________________ Zulma Unzueta appeals from a judgment entered in favor of defendant Asmik Akopyan, M.D., on Unzueta’s action for medical malpractice after the trial court denied her motion under Batson v. Kentucky (1986) 476 U.S. 79 (Batson) and People v. Wheeler (1978) 22 Cal.3d 258 (Wheeler) following our remand in Unzueta v. Akopyan (2019) 42 Cal.App.5th 199 (Unzueta I). In this appeal, we consider whether under California law an attorney may properly strike a prospective juror based on the disability of the juror’s family…