RICO v. MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORP.

No. S123808.

68 Cal.Rptr.3d 758 (2007)

42 Cal.4th 807

171 P.3d 1092

Zerlene RICO et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

December 13, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pine & Pine, Norman Pine, Beverly Pine, Sherman Oaks; Law Offices of Raymond Paul Johnson, Raymond Paul Johnson, El Segundo, Robert A. Balbuena, Michelle M. West, Visalia; Law Offices of Jack L. Mattingly and Jack L. Mattingly, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Yukevich & Sonnett, James J. Yukevich, Alexander G. Calfo, Stephanie A. Hingle, Los Angeles; Bingham McCutchen, Leslie G. Landau,* Claudia Y. Sanchez; Snell & Wilmer, Michael D. Zimmerman, Richard A. Derevan, Costa Mesa, and Michael S. McIntosh for Defendants and Respondents.

Hugh F. Young, Jr., and Harvey M. Grossman for The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


CORRIGAN, J.

Here we consider what action is required of an attorney who receives privileged documents through inadvertence and whether the remedy of disqualification is appropriate. We conclude that, under the authority of State Comp. Ins. Fund v. WPS, Inc. (1999) 70 Cal.App.4th 644, 82 Cal.Rptr.2d 799 (State Fund...

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