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... COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE YAMAHA MOTOR COMPANY, LTD., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; JACK ... writ of mandate. I. BACKGROUND The plaintiff was allegedly injured when he was out riding on a 2005 Yamaha Rhino on his 12th birthday. His complaint includes two defendants which ... have meant incurring the expense of translating the pleadings into Japanese. (See Honda Motor Co. v. Superior Court (1992) 10 Cal.App.4th 1043 ...

... years later. Keisuke "Casey" Yoshida, president of a U.S. subsidiary of Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd., was behind the wheel of a Rhino prototype. Ike Miyachi, a company vice ... during rollovers, resulting in belted occupants being partially ejected. Under pressure from the agency, Yamaha on March 31 announced a "free repair program'' to improve the Rhino's handling ... risk based on a vehicle's track width and the height of its center of gravity. Yamaha has touted the Rhino's off-road prowess with a made-up word ...

... last month. The Rhino also has drawn keen interest from the plaintiffs' bar: Yamaha faces more than 200 lawsuits in state and federal courts, many ... getting a number," but one that "is skewed because of the small number of products on the market." Yamaha said that a better analysis would include the number of hours the product was used but ... also said that they're down this year, which Yamaha confirms. In 2007 Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd. took a $136 million charge for an increase in its accrual for product ...

... Op. Serv. 6433 A boy who was injured while operating a Yamaha Rhino filed a products liability action against Yamaha Motor Company, Ltd. (Yamaha-Japan), the Japanese entity which manufactured the vehicle, as well as Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. (Yamaha-America), its wholly owned domestic subsidiary and exclusive importer and distributor ... non-distinguishable California Supreme Court case, Cosper v. Smith & Wesson Arms Co. (1959) 53 Cal.2d 77, 346 P.2d 409, that makes service on ...

... in cases to be argued at the SCOKY this week: TO BE ARGUED APRIL 12, 2007 Queensway Financial Holding, Ltd. v. Cotton & Allen, P.S.C., 2004-SC-254 Appellant's Brief Appellee ... -814 Appellant's Brief Appellee's Brief Appellant's Reply Brief Commonwealth v. Yamaha Motor Manuf. Corp. of America, 2005-SC-979 Appellant's Brief Appellee's Brief ... Brief Appellee's Brief Appellant's Reply Brief Mitchell, et al. v. Allstate Ins. Co., 2005-SC-571 Appellant's Brief Appellee's Brief Appellant's Reply Brief ...