AETNA CAS. & SUR. CO. v. FARMERS BROS. CO.

No. A080058.

76 Cal.Rptr.2d 587 (1998)

65 Cal.App.4th 574

AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FARMERS BROTHERS CO., et al., Defendants and Appellants. BRASS DOOR, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FARMERS BROTHERS CO., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

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

Rehearing Denied August 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot L. Bien, Novato, Bien & Summers LLP, Dennis F. Moriarty, Cesari, Werner and Moriarty, San Francisco, for Defendants and Appellants.

John E. Lautemann, Los Angeles, William H. Westover, Phoenix, AZ, Westover & Westover, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


REARDON, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of respondents Brass Door, Inc. (Brass Door), and its insurer Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. (Aetna) in their product liability action against Farmers Brothers Co. and Brewmatic, Inc. (collectively, Farmers). Farmers' only contention on appeal is that respondents failed to establish an objective feature of the coffee maker in question— namely, the heating capacity of the high-heat element...

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