STEINER v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B235347.

220 Cal.App.4th 1479 (2013)

164 Cal. Rptr. 3d 155

CHRISTIE STEINER et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Respondent, VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

October 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Farrise Firm, Simona A. Farrise , Carla V. Minnard ; The Arkin Law Firm and Sharon J. Arkin for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Herzfeld & Rubin, Craig L. Winterman , Tara-Jane Flynn ; Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, Laurie J. Hepler , and Nathaniel K. Fisher for Real Party in Interest Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Yukevich Cavanaugh , Steven Douglas Smelser ; Dykema Gossett and John M. Thomas for Real Party in Interest Ford Motor Co.

McKenna Long & Aldridge and Kelvin Timothy Wyles for Real Party in Interest Pneumo Abex.


OPINION

PERREN, J.

An attorney's Web site advertised her success in two cases raising issues similar to those she was about to try here. The trial court admonished the jury not to "Google" the attorneys or to read any articles about the case or anyone involved in it. Concerned that a juror might ignore these admonitions, the court ordered the attorney to remove for the duration of trial two pages from her Web site discussing the similar...

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