JOHNSON & JOHNSON v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B226376.

192 Cal.App.4th 757 (2011)

JOHNSON & JOHNSON et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; CHRISTOPHER TREJO, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

January 20, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drinker Biddle & Reath, Thomas W. Pulliam, Jr. , Vernon I. Zvoleff , Kenneth P. Conour , Benjamin J. Holl ; O'Melveny & Myers, Charles C. Lifland and Amy J. Laurendeau for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Law Offices of Brian D. Witzer, Rowena J. Dizon , Michael Manapol , Darren L. Schultz , Antonio R. Delgado and Brian D. Witzer for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

WILLHITE, J.

INTRODUCTION

In this action for negligence and strict products liability brought by plaintiff and real party in interest Christopher Trejo, petitioners Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division (McNeil) challenge the trial court's July 30, 2010 amended order denying their motion for summary adjudication of issues regarding punitive damages. We issued an alternative writ of...

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