RAMSEY v. MARUTAMAYA OGATSU FIREWORKS CO.

Docket No. 38063.

72 Cal.App.3d 516 (1977)

140 Cal. Rptr. 247

GEORGE RAMSEY, Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent, v. MARUTAMAYA OGATSU FIREWORKS COMPANY, LTD., et al., Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants; KYOSUKE OGATSU, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Respondent; R. BORGMAN SALES COMPANY, Cross-complainant and Appellant; MICHAEL MARTUCCI et al., Cross-defendants and Respondents; ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Intervener and Respondent. MICHAEL MARTUCCI, Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent, v. MARUTAMAYA OGATSU FIREWORKS COMPANY, LTD., et al., Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants; KYOSUKE OGATSU, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Respondent; R. BORGMAN SALES COMPANY, Cross-complainant and Appellant; ROBERT SOUZA et al., Cross-defendants and Respondents; ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Intervener and Respondent. ROBERT SOUZA et al., Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Respondents, v. MARUTAMAYA OGATSU FIREWORKS COMPANY, LTD., et al., Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants; R. BORGMAN SALES COMPANY, Cross-complainant and Appellant; GEORGE RAMSEY et al., Cross-defendants and Respondents; ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Intervener and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

August 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Thacher, Jones, Casey & Ratcliff, James E. Ratcliff, Jr., James F. Thacher, Lance S. Stryker, O'Connor, Cohn, Dillon & Barr and James L. English for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants and for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Respondent.

Shovlin & Babin, James P. Shovlin, Richard G. Logan and Norbert C. Babin for Cross-complainant and Appellant.

McCarthy & Perillat, Alexis J. Perillat, Goldstein, Barceloux & Goldstein, Burton J. Goldstein, M. Reed Hunter, Douglas Backeberg and William B. Boone for Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Respondents and for Cross-defendants and Respondents.

Hanna, Brophy, MacLean, McAleer & Jensen, Norman H. Abreu and Frank B. Hugg for Intervener and Respondent.


OPINION

ROUSE, J.

In complaints charging negligence, breach of warranty, strict tort liability and violation of statute, plaintiffs, George Ramsey, Michael Martucci, Robert Souza and Anthony Martin, sought damages from defendants for personal injuries sustained as a result of premature explosions of fireworks during a public display on the Marina Green in San Francisco on September 19...

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