Pruchnik
Pruchnik v. JCCP4621 Common Benefit Com.
Opinion
Opinion
Stone, J.
Filed 11/17/
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION SEVEN
ROBERT PRUCHNIK, B330338
Plaintiff and Appellant, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. JCCP4621; BC687726) v.
JCCP4621 COMMON BENEFIT
COMMITTEE,
Defendant and Respondent.
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Lawrence P. Riff, Judge. Affirmed. Norman Shaw for Plaintiff and Appellant. Kristensen Law Group and John P. Kristensen for Respondent JCCP4621 Common Benefit Committee.
__________________________ After Robert Pruchnik 1 was in a car accident in which his wife died, he sued Toyota, alleging his Toyota-made Lexus brand car was defective. His case was added to a group of coordinated state court proceedings involving claims of unintended acceleration in cars Toyota manufactures. After Pruchnik’s case settled, he moved to exempt his case from the 8 percent common benefit fee imposed by court order on all plaintiffs in the coordinated proceedings. The fee compensates lead counsel for their investigatory and legal work, the gathering of discovery, and the creation of work product that is…