State of California v. Superior Court

Opinion

ARANDA, J. *

Statement of the Case

Petitioners, cross-defendants in the cause below, petitioned this court for a writ of mandate on July 21, 1997. We granted a stay of the proceedings below on August 5, 1997.

Statement of Facts

On April 10, 1993, plaintiff Roger A. Falquez, a passenger in a vehicle driven by petitioner and co-employee Bridgette Russell, was injured in an automobile accident when their car was forced into a guardrail by another vehicle driven by real party in interest Staci Beth Glovsky. Glovsky was attempting to drive onto the southbound Harbor Freeway from Interstate…