ROMO v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. F034241

6 Cal.Rptr.3d 793 (2004)

113 Cal.App.4th 738

Juan Ramon ROMO, individually and as Administrator, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District

Rehearing Denied December 15, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Joseph W. Carcione, Jr., Joseph W. Carcione, Jr., Gerald K. Okimoto, Redwood City, Gary W. Dolinski, San Diego; and Erwin Chemerinsky for Plaintiff and Appellant Juan Romo.

Law Offices of Drivon & Tabak, Laurence E. Drivon; and Erwin Chemerinsky for Plaintiffs and Appellants Maria Irene Romo and Evangelina Romo.

Esner & Chang and Stuart B. Esner, Los Angeles, for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Los Angeles, William E. Thomson, Thomas H. Dupree, Jr., and Miguel A. Estrada, Salinas, for Defendant and Appellant.

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Donald M. Falk, Palo Alto, Evan M. Tager; National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., and Robin S. Conrad for Chamber of Commerce of the United States as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Horvitz & Levy, Ellis J. Horvitz, Mary-Christine Sungaila, and Curt Cutting, Encino, for The California Chamber of Commerce, The American Chemistry Council and Exxon Mobil Corporation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.


OPINION

VARTABEDIAN, Acting P.J.

In the wake of its decision in State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Campbell (2003) 538 U.S. 408, 123 S.Ct. 1513, 155 L.Ed.2d 585 (hereafter State Farm), the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in the present case. The court summarily vacated the judgment and remanded the case to us for reconsideration in light of State Farm. We have received and considered...

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