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BENSON v. KWIKSET CORP.

No. G030956.

62 Cal.Rptr.3d 284 (2007)

152 Cal.App.4th 1254

James BENSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. KWIKSET CORPORATION et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeal of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

As modified on denial of rehearing July 26, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, Pamela M. Parker, Kevin Green; Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, Jonathan W. Cuneo, Michael G. Lenett; Soltan and Associates and Venus, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Richard M. Frank, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Herschel T. Elkins, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Reiter and Benjamin G. Diehl, Deputy Attorneys General, for California Attorney General as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Jones, Bell, Abbott, Fleming & Fitzgerald, Michael J. Abbott, Fredrick A. Rafeedie and William M. Turner, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Appellants and for Amicus Curiae Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

OPINION

RYLAARSDAM, Acting P.J.

INTRODUCTION

In 2000, plaintiff James Benson, on behalf of the general public, sued defendants Kwikset Corporation, its parent corporation, Black & Decker Corporation (collectively defendants), plus Technolock, S.A. de C.V. (Technolock) for restitution and injunctive relief under the unfair competition law (Bus. & Prof.Code, § 17200) and the false advertising law (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17500...

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