California Court of Appeal

In a complex wrongful death action, plaintiffs' petitions seeking writs of mandate to review several discovery orders involving privilege, disclosure of experts, and request for assignment to a new judge, are granted in part and denied in part.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/29/2003
• Published 09/29/2003

Judges

• HASTINGS, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Raphael Metzger,Thomas Martin and Greg Coolidge, Long Beach, for Petitioners., Poole & Shaffery, John Shaffery, Los Angeles, and Darren M. Ballas, Los Angeles, for Real Parties in Interest Industrial Furnace & Refractory, Inc., Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins & McCall, Deidre F. Cohen, Christian J. Ziegler, Los Angeles, for Real Parties in Interest KB Alloys, Inc., Pacific Abrasives Supply Company and Standard Abrasives, Inc., George H. Ellis, Los Angeles, for Real Party in Interest Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation., Johnson, Cebula & Rygh, Mike Vo and John M. Rygh, Long Beach, for Real Parties in Interest Carbide Saw & Tool Company and Spede Tool Manufacturing Company., Radcliff, Dongell & Lawrence and Jason M. Booth, Los Angeles, for Real Party in Interest TST, Inc., Parker, Milliken, Clark, O'Hara & Samuelian, Stephen T. Holzer and Darren Marcus Salvin for Real Parties in Interest Empire Castings Incorporated.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.