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CITY OF SANGER v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. A057295.

8 Cal.App.4th 444 (1992)

10 Cal. Rptr.2d 436

CITY OF SANGER, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

July 28, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hoberg, Finger, Brown, Cox & Molligan, Stephen T. Cox, Peter Molligan and L.M. (Maria) Abel for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Landels, Ripley & Diamond, Stephen C. Lewis, Bruce W. Laidlaw, Sanford Svetcov, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Stephen Jones, Ann J. Reavis, Hardin, Cook, Loper, Engel & Bergez, Gennaro A. Filice III and Nicholas D. Kayhan for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

ANDERSON, P.J.

The question we decide here is whether a municipality may pursue a claim for punitive damages. The superior court granted a defense motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissed the claim. We grant a writ of mandate to reinstate the plaintiff's claim.

The City of Sanger (petitioner) is the sole remaining plaintiff in an action against Occidental Chemical Corporation and Occidental Petroleum Corporation...

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