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GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 28758.

65 Cal.2d 88 (1966)

416 P.2d 492

52 Cal. Rptr. 460

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; WILLIAM MARASKA et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 4, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spray, Gould & Bowers, Philip L. Bradish and John J. Costanzo for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Harney, Ford & Schlottman and Robert E. Ford for Real Parties in Interest.

MOSK, J.

Petitioner (hereinafter defendant) seeks a writ of prohibition to restrain the superior court from proceeding to try a personal injury action. The issue before us is whether Code of Civil Procedure section 583, which prescribes the time within which the trial of an action must be commenced, effectively precluded the real parties in interest (hereinafter plaintiffs) from consolidating for trial a personal injury action...

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