KUCIEMBA v. VICTORY WOODWORKS, INC.

No. S274191.

14 Cal.5th 993 (2023)

CORBY KUCIEMBA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. VICTORY WOODWORKS, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

July 6, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Venardi Zurada, Mark L. Venardi , Martin Zurada and Mark Freeman for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Alan Charles Dell'Ario for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Hinshaw & Culbertson and William Bogdan for Defendant and Respondent.

O'Connor Thompson McDonough Klotsche and John W. Klotsche for Construction Employers' Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Eimer Stahl and Robert E. Dunn for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Federation of Independent Business, National Association of Manufacturers, the California Workers' Compensation Institute, the California Chamber of Commerce, the Restaurant Law Center and the National Retail Federation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Munger, Tolles & Olson, Malcolm A. Heinicke , Benjamin J. Horwich , Joseph Lee and Donald B. Verrilli for See's Candies, Inc., and See's Candy Shops, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Fred J. Hiestand for the Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

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