CABRAL v. RALPHS GROCERY CO.

No. S178799.

51 Cal.4th 764 (2011)

MARIA CABRAL, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RALPHS GROCERY COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

February 28, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richland, Timothy T. Coates and Lillie Hsu for Defendant and Appellant.

Shernoff Bidart Darras Echeverria, Darraslaw, Frank N. Darras , Lissa A. Martinez ; Donahue & Horrow, Michael B. Horrow ; Ehrlich Law Firm and Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Smith & McGinty and Daniel U. Smith for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

WERDEGAR, J.

A truck driver working for Ralphs Grocery Company (Ralphs) stopped his tractor-trailer rig alongside an interstate highway in order to have a snack. Plaintiff's husband, decedent Adelelmo Cabral, driving his pickup truck home from work, veered suddenly off the freeway and collided at high speed with the rear of the stopped trailer, resulting in his own death. (Cabral...

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