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SONY ELECTRONICS INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. D048468.

52 Cal.Rptr.3d 139 (2006)

145 Cal.App.4th 1086

SONY ELECTRONICS INC., Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of San Diego County, Respondent; Martin Hapner et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeal of California, Fourth District, Division One.

November 28, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luanne Sacks, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary U.S. LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.

Thomas D. Mauriello, San Clemente, CA, James Miller, James Shah, pro hac vice, Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah, LLC, for Real Parties in Interest.

McINTYRE, J.

Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony) petitions for a peremptory writ of mandate directing the trial court to vacate an order certifying a class in this action, which alleges that Sony's Vaio GRX Series Notebook computers suffer from a manufacturing defect. Sony contends that the class as designated by the court is not sufficiently ascertainable to support certification. We agree that the class certified by the trial court is flawed and grant the petition.

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