Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court

Opinion

FROEHLICH, J.

We here review the denial of summary judgment in one of the breast implant cases currently under administration by the San Diego County Superior Court (see McGhan Medical Corp. v. Superior Court (1992) 11 Cal.App.4th 804 [14 Cal.Rptr.2d 264]). We find the case appropriate for writ relief because our intervention will terminate an action which otherwise would unnecessarily burden the superior court (see Whitney’s at the Beach v. Superior Court (1970) 3 Cal.App.3d 258, 266 [83 Cal.Rptr. 237]), and we publish the decision because it deals with an application of the one-year…