Juarez v. Superior Court

31 Cal.3d 759 (1982)

647 P.2d 128

183 Cal. Rptr. 852

JOE JUAREZ, Petitioner,

v.

THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; SQUARE DEAL MACHINE COMPANY, INC., Real Party in Interest.

Docket No. L.A. 31483.

Supreme Court of California.

July 1, 1982.

COUNSEL

Greene, O'Reilly, Agnew & Broillet, Timothy J. Wheeler and Bruce Brusavich for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Hast & Sabatasse, Patrick J. Hast and Gary Soter for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

In this personal injury action, where the principles of comparative negligence apply and the votes of only nine jurors are necessary…