Singer v. Superior Court

Petitioner (hereafter referred to as “plaintiff”) seeks by mandate to compel the real party in interest (hereafter referred to as “defendant”) to answer certain interrogatories which it refused to answer, and which respondent court ruled it did not have to answer. It is our conclusion that the writ should issue.

Plaintiff brought an action for personal injuries under the Jones Act (46 TJ.S.C.§ 688) against several parties, of which defendant is one. The complaint alleges, among other things, the fact of plaintiff’s employment as a seaman on the SS Ocean Deborah, the relationship of each of the…