AGNETA v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Filed 6/27/06
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION EIGHT
| AGNETA KARLSSON et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant. | B173022 (Los Angeles County Super. Court Nos. PC019980 & PC021038) |
APPEAL from the judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Howard J. Schwab, Judge. Affirmed.
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As for Bell, supra, 118 Cal.App.4th 249, we believe it is inapposite. The defendant in Bell was convicted of murder. At trial, he called three alibi witnesses. Due to delays caused by defense counsel and his investigator, the prosecutor got the statements of those witnesses just 10 days before trial, not the 30 days required by the criminal discovery statutes. The court allowed the alibi witnesses to testify, but instructed the jury pursuant to CALJIC No. 2.28 that the defendant failed to timely disclose the witness statements without lawful justification and that the â€
