Legal Opinion
DeBlase v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 17, 1996No. B092526PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KLEIN (Brett), J. *
Josefa DeBlase petitions for a peremptory writ of mandate after the trial court referred a discovery motion to a private referee over her objection that she could not afford to pay any portion of the referee’s fee.
Petitioner was injured at work while using a power press. She received workers’ compensation benefits and sued both the distributor and the manufacturer of the press.
Hoffman Brothers, Inc., an Illinois firm, was the distributor. J. Sandt Aktiengesellschaft, a German firm, was the manufacturer. In 1970 Sandt had sold the press to Hoffman, F.O.B. Hamburg.
Hoffm…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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