FERRIS v. GATKE CORPORATION

No. A093413.

132 Cal.Rptr.2d 819 (2003)

107 Cal.App.4th 1211

Augusta FERRIS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. GATKE CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.

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

Review Denied July 9, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Richard Brayton, Brayton, Purcell, Curtis & Geagan, Novato, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Sedgwick, Deter, Moran & Arnold, Frederick, D. Baker, Charles T. Sheldon, Katharine Demgen, Charles P. Murrin; Bennett, Samuelsen, Reynolds & Allard, Richard Reynolds, Frederick W. Gatt and Don Schaefer, for Defendant-Respondent.

Gayle Irene Jenkins for Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, Los Angeles, CA, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent.


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