VOLKSWAGENWERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT v. SUPERIOR CT.

Docket No. 13713.

33 Cal.App.3d 503 (1973)

109 Cal. Rptr. 219

VOLKSWAGENWERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent; VICTOR KIRK GORDEN et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

July 18, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, John K. Stewart, Justs N. Karlsons and J.D. Burdick for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Rust, Armenis & Matheny, David C. Rust and Thomas G. Minder for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

FRIEDMAN, J.

Plaintiffs Gorden, who are real parties in interest here, filed a personal injury action against Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft (VWAG), a German corporation, alleging defective design and manufacture of a 1966 Volkswagen automobile. Plaintiffs moved for two discovery orders: one, appointing a commissioner to take the depositions of seven Volkswagen officials or employees at Wolfsburg, Germany; the other, permitting...

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