PULLIN v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B139532.

97 Cal.Rptr.2d 447 (2000)

81 Cal.App.4th 1161

Lincoln PULLIN, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; The Vons Companies, Inc., Real Party in Interest.

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

Review Denied October 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivie, McNeill & Wyatt, Rickey Ivie, Los Angeles, and Kendall James, for Petitioner.

Robinson, Di Lando & Whitaker, Michael A. Di Lando, Walnut Creek, Farzad Tabatabai, sacramento, and Cynthia Goodman, Pittsburgh, PA, for Real Party in Interest.

No appearance for Respondent.


MIRIAM A. VOGEL, J.

We publish this opinion to confirm that, as the plaintiff in this case claims, there is nothing in the Civil Discovery Act (Code Civ. Proc, § 2016 et seq.) to prevent a party from conducting a unilateral investigation without resort to any statutory discovery device, provided only that the investigation is lawful.1 We issue a peremptory writ as prayed.

FACTS

On a rainy day in February 1998, Lincoln...

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