IN RE NEEDLES CASES

No. H030303.

55 Cal.Rptr.3d 708 (2007)

148 Cal.App.4th 489

In re NEEDLES CASES. Jane Doe 8015, et. al., Petitioners, v. The Superior Court, Respondent, SmithKline Beecham Corp. et. al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeal of California, Sixth District.

March 9, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smoger & Associates and Gerson H. Smoger, Oakland, for Petitioners.

No Appearance for Respondent.

Drinker, Biddle & Reath and Charles F. Preuss, Alan J. Lazarus, Thomas W. Pulliam, Jr. and Michelle A. Childers, San Francisco, for Real Parties in Interest.


ELIA, Acting P.J.

This petition for a writ of mandamus arises from a coordinated action against the real parties in interest, SmithKline Beecham Corporation and SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories, Inc. (collectively, SmithKline). The only issue raised in the petition is whether a party in a coordinated action who successfully challenges a summary judgment on appeal may thereafter exercise a peremptory challenge of the judge presiding over the coordinated proceedings...

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