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RAY v. ALAD CORP.

Docket No. L.A. 30613.

19 Cal.3d 22 (1977)

560 P.2d 3

136 Cal. Rptr. 574

HERBERT C. RAY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ALAD CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

February 24, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Silver & McWilliams, Lawrence Weitzer and Thomas G. Stolpman for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Robert E. Cartwright, Edward I. Pollock, Leroy Hersh, David B. Baum, Stephen I. Zetterberg, Robert G. Beloud, Ned Good, Arne Werchick, Sanford M. Gage, Roger H. Hedrick, Leonard Sacks and Joseph Posner as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Yusim, Cassidy, Stein, Hanger & Olson and Robert E. Levine for Defendant and Respondent.

Bell, Dunlavey & Rosenberg and James Dunlavey as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

WRIGHT, J.*

Claiming damages for injury from a defective ladder, plaintiff asserts strict tort liability against defendant Alad Corporation (Alad II) which neither manufactured nor sold the ladder but prior to plaintiff's injury succeeded to the business of the ladder's manufacturer, the now dissolved "Alad Corporation" (Alad I), through a purchase of Alad I's assets for an adequate cash consideration...

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