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HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. H031594.

167 Cal.App.4th 87 (2008)

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Respondent; ED RUTLEDGE et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

September 26, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drinker Biddle & Reath, Michael J. Stortz and Rodney M. Hudson for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Green Welling, Robert S. Green, Jenelle Welling; Kershaw Cutter & Ratinoff, William A. Kershaw and Stuart C. Talley for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

RUSHING, P. J.

Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) petitions for a peremptory writ of mandate directing the trial court to vacate an order certifying a class in this action, which alleges that HP's Pavilion series notebook computers suffer from a manufacturing defect. HP contends that the trial court erred in certifying the class, because under the principles of Daugherty v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (2006)

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