McKOWN v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. S091097.

115 Cal.Rptr.2d 868 (2002)

27 Cal.4th 219

38 P.3d 1094

Brian McKOWN, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

January 31, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Snyder & Strozier, Snyder, Strozier, Maho & Tomlinson, Barry Clifford Snyder and Will Tomlinson, Santa Barbara, for Defendant and Appellant.

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

Garza, Garza & Pacheco, John M. Pacheco; Law Offices of Robert H. Pourvali and Robert H. Pourvali, Calabasas, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Ian Herzog, Santa Monica; William L. Veen; James C. Sturdevant, San Francisco; Brian C. Unitt, Riverside; Dennis M. Elber, Long Beach; David A. Rosen, Los Angeles; The Arns Law Firm, Morgan C. Smith and Robert S. Arns, San Francisco, for the Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


BROWN, J.

This is the third in a series of recent cases in which we have been called upon to consider the reach of our decisions in Privette v. Superior Court (1993) 5 Cal.4th 689, 21 Cal.Rptr.2d 72, 854 P.2d 721 (Privette ) and Toland v. Sunland Housing Group, Inc. (1998) 18 Cal.4th 253

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