ANAYA v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket Nos. A027737, A027738.

160 Cal.App.3d 228 (1984)

206 Cal. Rptr. 520

OLGA ANAYA, a Minor, et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY et al., Real Parties in Interest. BERNARD ACKERSON et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY et al., Real Party in Interest.

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

September 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Charles A. Zeller, Francis R. Ruggieri, Harold I. Miller and Donald D. Boscoe for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Stephen W. Jones, Berridge R. Marsh, Marie Sovey Silveira, Scott D. Mroz, James A. Bruen, Stephen C. Lewis, Deborah J. Schmall, Landels, Ripley & Diamond, Gennaro A. Filice III, Roberta E. Nalbandian, Hardin, Cook, Loper, Engel & Bergez, James M. Goodman, Delbert C. Gee and Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers & Huber for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

BARRY-DEAL, J.

These two petitions, considered together for convenience, present the question of whether numerous employees of the Occidental Petroleum Corporation and their family members must sue separately for injuries alleged to have been caused by industrial contamination. (1a) Code of Civil Procedure section 378 permits joinder of plaintiffs if they assert any right to relief "arising out of the same transaction...

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