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HILL BROS. CHEMICAL CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B175433.

20 Cal.Rptr.3d 530 (2004)

123 Cal.App.4th 1001

HILL BROTHERS CHEMICAL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Robin Lorentsen et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

Review Denied February 2, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ford, Walker, Haggerty & Behar and DeAnn Flores Chase, Long Beach, for Petitioner.

No appearances for Respondent.

R. Rex Parris Law Firm, Robert A. Parris, James S. Kostas, Lancaster, and Scott J. Idleman for Real Parties in Interest.

DOI TODD, J.

Hill Brothers Chemical Company, defendant in a wrongful death action, petitions for relief from the trial court's denial of its motion for summary judgment. The issue before us is whether Hill Brothers, licensed as a private motor carrier under the Vehicle Code, has a nondelegable duty to the public and is therefore liable for the negligent acts of a for-hire motor carrier of property it hired as an independent contractor to transport its goods. We find...

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