State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Sargent Fletcher, Inc. v. Able Corp.

Decided August 7, 2003. Norman L. Epstein wrote the opinion for the court.

3 Cal. Rptr. 3d 279 · Cited 71 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. · 16 Cal. 4th 953
Mathis v. Morrissey · 11 Cal. App. 4th 332
Barker v. Lull Engineering Co. · 573 P.2d 443
Ybarra v. Spangard · 25 Cal. 2d 486
Soule v. General Motors Corp. · 882 P.2d 298
Saelzler v. Advanced Group 400 · 23 P.3d 1143
Lakin v. Watkins Associated Industries · 863 P.2d 179
Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories · 607 P.2d 924
Campbell v. General Motors Corp. · 649 P.2d 224
Brown v. Poway Unified School District · 843 P.2d 624
Haft v. Lone Palm Hotel · 478 P.2d 465
Sada v. Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center · 56 Cal. App. 4th 138
Summers v. Tice · 33 Cal. 2d 80
Forthmann v. Boyer · 118 Cal. Rptr. 2d 715
National Council Against Health Fraud, Inc. v. King Bio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 133 Cal. Rptr. 2d 207
Tusher v. Gabrielsen · 80 Cal. Rptr. 2d 126
Bevill v. Zoura · 27 Cal. App. 4th 694
Thomas v. Lusk · 27 Cal. App. 4th 1709
Santa Ana Hospital Medical Center v. Belshe · 56 Cal. App. 4th 819
People v. Shawnn F. · 34 Cal. App. 4th 184
Smith v. Santa Rosa Police Department · 119 Cal. Rptr. 2d 72
Charach v. Lansing · 106 Cal. App. 2d 735

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