Nissan Motor Corp. in U.S.A. v. Superior Court

Opinion

MOORE, J.

This matter arises out of three unrelated products liability actions filed separately by three groups of plaintiffs, entitled Constance L. Bower et al. v. Nissan Motor Corporation (Super. Ct. Orange County, No. 538122), Linda J. Faust et al. v. Nissan Motor Corporation (Super. Ct. Orange County, No. 538527), and Janis Lyon v. Nissan Motor Corporation (Super. Ct. Orange County, No. 603657). On its own motion, the trial court consolidated the three actions and transferred two of them to the judge assigned to the third. Petitioner, Nissan Motor Corporation, immediately filed…