In what circumstances will the court allow interrogatories in a class action where the named plaintiffs have not been defrauded?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Nelson v. Alaska Airlines, Inc., A136319 (Cal. App. 2013):
In Budget Finance Plan v. Superior Court, supra, 34 Cal.App.3d 794, the court, after granting a demurrer with leave to amend in a putative class action, allowed interrogatories where the plaintiffs sought to find additional plaintiffs who had been defrauded by certain parties, since the named plaintiffs were not injured by those parties. (Id. at pp. 796, 799.)
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