California Court of Appeal

Petition for writ of mandate challenging class certification, in case alleging certain Vaio Notebook computers suffer from a manufacturing defect, is granted as the definition of the class is flawed where there is no evidence showing that alleged manufacturing defect is universal to all GRX Series.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/28/2006
• Published 12/18/2006

Judges

• McINTYRE, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Luanne Sacks, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary U.S. LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner., Thomas D. Mauriello, San Clemente, CA, James Miller, James Shah, pro hac vice, Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah, LLC, for Real Parties in Interest.