CORTEZ v. PUROLATOR AIR FILTRATION PRODUCTS

No. S071934.

96 Cal.Rptr.2d 518 (2000)

23 Cal.4th 163

999 P.2d 706

Rosalba CORTEZ, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PUROLATOR AIR FILTRATION PRODUCTS COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

June 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cameron M. Cunningham and Newman Strawbridge, Santa Rosa, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

McCarthy, Johnson & Miller, John J. Davis, Jr., and Patricia A. McCormick, San Francisco, for Pipe Trades District Council No. 36 as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Van Bourg, Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld, Victor J. Van Bourg, David Rosenfeld, Oakland, and Ellyn Moscowitz, Anaheim, for the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO and the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California, AFL-CIO as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

California Rural Legal Assistance, William G. Hoerger and Michelle Crawford, San Francisco, for Isabel Delgado Carrillo as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Brad Seligman, Berkeley; Saperstein, Goldstein, Demchak & Bailer, Linda M. Dardarian and Aaron Kaufmann, Oakland, for Asian Law Caucus, Inc., East San Jose Community Law Center, Employment Law Center — A Project of the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco, La Raza Centro Legal, The Impact Fund and Women's Employment Rights Clinic — Golden Gate University School of Law as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Rosner, Owens & Nunziato, Tom A. Nunziato, Phil J. Montoya, Jr., Los Angeles; Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, Theresa M. Marchlewski, Jules S. Zeman and Morton Rosen, Santa Monica, for Defendant and Appellant.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Robert E. Hinerfeld, Barry S. Landsberg and Terri D. Keville, Los Angeles, for First Healthcare Corporation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Fred J. Hiestand, Sacramento, for the Association for California Tort Reform as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Severson & Werson, Jan T. Chilton and William L. Stern, San Francisco, for California Bankers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, James N. Penrod, David J. Brown, Samuel J. Fleischmann, San Francisco, and Edward D. Totino, Los Angeles, for the Employers Group as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Lawrence A. Michaels, Los Angeles, and Jenny Schneider for California Employment Law Council as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, Paul Alexander, Vanessa Wells, Victoria Collman Brown and Amy Van Zant, Palo Alto, for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Robie & Matthai, Pamela E. Dunn, Los Angeles, and Daniel J. Koes for United Services Automobile Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Hershel T. Elkins, Assistant Attorney General, and Ronald A. Reiter, Deputy Attorney General, for the Attorney General of California as Amicus Curiae.

Thomas J. Orloff, District Attorney (Alameda), Julie Dunger, Assistant District Attorney; and Lawrence G. Brown for California District Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae.


BAXTER, J.

In this matter, a companion to Kraus v. Trinity Management Services, Inc. (2000) 23 Cal.4th 116, 96 Cal.Rptr.2d 485, 999 P.2d 718 (Kraus), we address additional issues arising out of a representative action brought under the unfair competition law (UCL). (Bus. & Prof. Code...

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