What is the test for a jointly represented plaintiff in a personal injury action?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ducoing Mgmt. Inc. v. Superior Court of Orange Cnty., 178 Cal.Rptr.3d 53, 229 Cal.App.4th 1252 (Cal. App. 2014):
Numerous cases recognize the special situations created by multiple litigants who are jointly represented by a single set of attorneys, who join in the same motions and responses, and share a unity of interests. Sometimes, one of these jointly represented litigants loses while its co-litigants go on to prevail. (See e.g., Wakefield v. Bohlin (2006) 145 Cal.App.4th 963, 985, 52 Cal.Rptr.3d 400 [Wakefield ], disapproved on another ground in
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