BROWN, WINFIELD & CANZONERI, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S156598.

47 Cal.4th 1233 (2010)

104 Cal. Rptr. 3d 145

223 P.3d 15

BROWN, WINFIELD & CANZONERI, INC., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES, Respondent; GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

February 1, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bingham McCutchen, Bruce A. Friedman, Kenneth S. Meyers, Gina M. Simas; Shernoff Bidart Darras & Echeverria, Michael J. Bidart, Ricardo Echeverria; The Ehrlich Law Firm and Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Cochran, Davis & Associates, Joan E. Cochran; Thompson & Alessio, Kris P. Thompson and Jeffrey K. Miyamoto for Real Party in Interest.

Jay-Allen Eisen; Dennis A. Fischer; Joseph R. Grodin; Steven L. Mayer; Robin Meadow; Robert A. Olson; Jonathan B. Steiner; Douglas R. Young; Eisenberg and Hancock and Jon B. Eisenberg for California Academy of Appellate Lawyers as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

GEORGE, C. J.

In Palma v. U.S. Industrial Fasteners, Inc. (1984) 36 Cal.3d 171 [203 Cal.Rptr. 626, 681 P.2d 893] (Palma), we outlined the rare circumstances in which an appellate court may grant accelerated writ relief in the form of a peremptory writ in the first instance, in lieu of following the usual procedures associated with...

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