California Court of Appeal

For purposes of determining whether common question exists for a class action, proof of breach of warranty does not require proof of malfunction but only that product contains an inherent defect which is substantially certain to result in malfunction during the useful life of the product.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/06/2001
• Published 06/06/2001

Judges

• JOHNSON, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Cohelan & Khoury, Timothy D. Cohelan, Isam C. Khoury, San Diego, Michael D. Singer;  Freeman & Freeman and Lawrence P. Freeman, Encino, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Morrison & Foerster, Douglas M. Rawlings and Mark R. McDonald, Los Angeles, for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Respondent Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation., Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Richard DeNatale, San Francisco, Michael T. Williams, Los Angeles, Jilana L. Miller;  Murchison & Cumming, Friedrich W. Seitz and Edmund G. Farrell, III, Los Angeles, for Cross-defendant, Cross-complainant and Respondent Synthetic Industries, Inc.