WHARTON v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. B057008.

231 Cal.App.3d 100 (1991)

282 Cal. Rptr. 349

DALE CRAIG WHARTON et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Respondent; GRIZZELLE M. MALAVE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

June 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Dolan, Taylor & Peterson and Morton H. Steinman for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Howard Blau and Kirby Thomas for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

YEGAN, J.

Petitioners successfully assert that respondent court abused its discretion as a matter of law when it denied their request for a jury trial.

Real party filed a lawsuit against petitioners for injuries which she claimed to have suffered in an automobile collision. On January 19, 1990, petitioners timely answered the complaint and served a demand for jury trial...

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