TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., INC v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. B098298.

46 Cal.App.4th 778 (1996)

TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., INC., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; NIDIA ELIZABETH CHAVEZ et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

June 18, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Bowman & Brooke, H. Franklin Hostetler III, Karen T. Rigberg, Brian Takahashi, Snell & Wilmer, Richard A. Derevan and Julianne G. Sartain for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Peter D. Collisson, Butler, Wooten, Overby, Cheeley, Pearson & Fryhofer, Albert M. Pearson III, Thon, Beck, Vanni, Phillipi & Nutt and Anthony de los Reyes for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

WOODS, J.

Petitioners, defendants in an automobile product liability action, seek a writ of mandate to vacate a superior court order denying their motion to disqualify plaintiffs' counsel. We deny the petition.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In April 1994, plaintiffs (and real parties in interest) Nidia Elizabeth Chavez, Willivaldo Cruz, and Francisco Herrera were in a 1982 Toyota Corolla when it was rear...

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