SNYDER v. MICHAEL'S STORES, INC.

Docket No. S057064.

16 Cal.4th 991 (1997)

MIKAYLA M. SNYDER, a Minor, etc. et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. MICHAEL'S STORES, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

October 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Miller, Brodsky & Baskin, Brodsky, Baskin & Shapiro, Eugene A. Brodsky, Brendan P. Brewer, Fancher & Wickland and Paige Leslie Wickland for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Patricia A. Shiu, Judith E. Kurtz and Joannie C. Chang as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Crabtree, Schmidt, Zeff, Jacobs & Farrar, Thomas D. Zeff, E. Daniel Farrar, Morrison & Foerster, Robert A. Naeve, John Sobieski and Robert J. Keenan for Defendants and Respondents.

Cook & Roos, John C. Cook and Michael E. Wilbur as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

WERDEGAR, J.

Plaintiff Mikayla M. Snyder, a minor, alleges she was injured in utero when her mother, Naomi Snyder, breathed carbon monoxide gas in amounts toxic to both Naomi and Mikayla. The injury occurred at Naomi's workplace, a store owned and operated by defendant Michael's Stores, Inc., during Naomi's employment. The trial court granted Michael's Stores' demurrer on the ground the action was barred by Labor Code...

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