Hernandez

Hernandez v. Superior Court

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112 Cal. App. 4th 285·2003 Cal. App. LEXIS 1487·2003 Daily Journal DAR 10994·4 Cal. Rptr. 3d 883·2003 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8774

Court of Appeal of CaliforniaSeptember 29, 2003Nos. B163040, B166103California6,651 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Hastings, J.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs in a wrongful death action have filed two petitions for writs of mandate to review several discovery orders: an order granting a motion to compel discovery, entered on October 23, 2002, and an order requiring the disclosure of petitioners’ medical experts and other matters, entered on March 27, 2003.

This action was filed in 2001 against approximately 80 defendants, many of whom have been dismissed from the action, but with more than 40 remaining at the time the two petitions were filed. The case was provisionally deemed complex, and assigned to Department 24 of the Los Angeles County Superior Court for all purposes. 1

*290 Petitioners filed their first petition on November 22, 2002, and the second on April 4, 2003. We consolidated the two petitions, stayed the disputed discovery orders, and issued an order to show cause, with written returns to be filed no later than June 27, 2003. On June 27, 2003, real parties in interest KB Alloys, Inc., Pacific Abrasives Supply Company, and Standard Abrasives, Inc., filed a single joint return, admitting or denying the allegations of the second petition only. 2 The return filed by real party in interest…

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Parties

JOSE HERNANDEZ
Plaintiff
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ACHESON INDUSTRIES, INC.
Defendant

Judges

Hastings

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