COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. D077794, No. D077795.

65 Cal.App.5th 621 (2021)

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; JOHNSON & JOHNSON et al., Real Parties in Interest. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; JOHNSON & JOHNSON et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

June 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary C. Wickham and Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva , County Counsel, Robert E. Ragland , Scott Kuhn , Andrea Ross and Tracy Hughes , Deputy County Counsel; Bradley Bernstein Sands and Erin B. Bernstein for Petitioner County of Los Angeles.

Donna R. Ziegler , County Counsel, Kathleen A. Pacheco and Raymond J. Leung , Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioner County of Alameda.

O'Melveny & Myers, Michael G. Yoder , Amy J. Laurendeau , Charles C. Lifland , Sabrina H. Strong , Amy R. Lucas and Jonathan P. Schneller for Real Parties in Interest Johnson & Johnson et al.


OPINION

I.

INTRODUCTION

In the lawsuit underlying these consolidated writ proceedings, the People of the State of California, by and through the Santa Clara County Counsel, the Orange County District Attorney, the Los Angeles County Counsel, and the Oakland City Attorney, filed an action against defendants...

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