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AHRENS v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. A038708.

197 Cal.App.3d 1134 (1988)

243 Cal. Rptr. 420

PAUL AHRENS et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Real Party in Interest.

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

January 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

William R. Benz and Yvonne M. Metzger for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Stephen W. Jones, Roger D. Rizzo, Beth S. Jordan Donna J. Genesis and Iathan T. Annand for Real Party in Interest.

Latham & Watkins, Ernest J. Getto, Milton A. Miller, Juli Wilson Marshall, David F. Zoll, Michael P. Walls, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Peter W. Davis, Piper & Marbury, Toni K. Allen and Susan D. Sawtelle as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

RACANELLI, P.J.

Petitioners filed this action against Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and others following a fire in an electrical transformer containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) at a San Francisco high-rise office building in May 1983. Summary adjudication of issues was granted in favor of PG&E, primarily on the issue of whether the use of electrical...

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