SANDOVAL v. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

No. S252796.

12 Cal.5th 256 (2021)

494 P.3d 487

283 Cal. Rptr. 3d 519

JOSE M. SANDOVAL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

September 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thon Beck Vanni Callahan & Powell, Daniel P. Powell , Michael P. O'Connor ; Esner, Chang & Boyer and Stuart B. Esner for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Alan Charles Dell'Ario for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curaie on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Horvitz & Levy, Stephen E. Norris , Jason R. Litt , Joshua C. McDaniel ; Wingert Grebing Brubaker & Juskie, Alan K. Brubaker and Colin H. Walshok for Defendant and Appellant.

California Appellate Law Group, Katy Graham , Greg Wolff ; U.S. Chamber Litigation Center and Janet Galeria for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the American Property Casualty Insurance Association and the Civil Justice Association of California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Lann G. McIntyre and Andrew D. Bluth for Western States Petroleum Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

June Babiracki Barlow and Neil Kalin for California Association of Realtors as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.


OPINION

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