PETERSON v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 31439.

31 Cal.3d 147 (1982)

642 P.2d 1305

181 Cal. Rptr. 784

DONALD R. PETERSON et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF VENTURA COUNTY, Respondent; NORMAN THOMPSON, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

April 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Heily, Blase & Ellison, Heily, Blase, Ellison & Wellcome and Jay H. Sorensen for Petitioners.

Leonard Sacks, Harvey R. Levine, Edward I. Pollock, Robert E. Cartwright, William M. Shernoff, Stephen I. Zetterberg, Sanford M. Gage, Arne Werchick, Ian Herzog, Glen T. Bashore, Wylie Aitken, Victoria J. De Goff and James R. McGrath as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Archbald & Spray, Robert F. Harris and Heather Scott Cissna for Real Party in Interest.

Gilbert, Kelly, Crowley & Jennett, Patrick A. Mesisca, Jr., Clifford H. Woosley and Peter J. Godfrey as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

BROUSSARD, J.

Petitioners (hereafter plaintiffs) seek a writ of mandate to command respondent court to grant their motion for leave to file a first amended complaint. Their petition presents the question whether the rule announced in Taylor v. Superior Court (1979) 24 Cal.3d 890 [157 Cal.Rptr. 693, 598 P.2d 854

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