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PEOPLE EX REL. DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 31101.

26 Cal.3d 744 (1980)

608 P.2d 673

163 Cal. Rptr. 585

THE PEOPLE ex rel. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; ART FROST et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

April 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard G. Rypinski, Harry S. Fenton, Joseph A. Montoya, Robert L. Meyer, Robert W. Vidor, Joel L. Zwick and Ellen D. Tiger for Petitioner.

Elwyn L. Johnson, City Attorney (Modesto), and Michael F. Dean, Deputy City Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Yusim, Cassidy, Stein & Hanger, Andrew D. Stein, Jeffrey G. Keane, Shelden & Kulchin, Shelden, Kulchin & Klein, Sydney Kulchin and David E. Klein for Real Parties in Interest.

William A. Dorland and Marcus R. Williamson as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

In American Motorcycle Assn. v. Superior Court (1978) 20 Cal.3d 578 [146 Cal.Rptr. 182, 578 P.2d 899], our court explained that when a plaintiff's injury is proximately caused by the negligent acts of a number of joint tortfeasors, although each tortfeasor is "jointly and severally" liable...

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