PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE v. MCDONALD'S CORPORATION
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html ><br /> <head><br /> <title>PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE v</title><br /> </head><br /> <body><br /> <div><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b >PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE<br /> MEDICINE v. MCDONALD'S CORPORATION</b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Filed 8/12/10<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b<br /> >CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION</b><br /> <br/><b<br /> > </b><br /> <br/><b<br /> > </b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>IN<br /> THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>SECOND<br /> APPELLATE DISTRICT<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>DIVISION<br /> ONE<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0<br /> ><br /> <tr ><br /> <td width=319 valign=top ><br /> <br/>PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR<br /> RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> Plaintiff and Appellant,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> v.<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>MCDONALD'S CORPORATION et al.,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> Defendants and Respondents.<br /> <br/> <br /> </td><br /> <td width=319 valign=top ><br /> <br/> B218089<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> (Los Angeles<br /> County<br /> <br/> Super. Ct.<br /> No. BC383722)<br /> <br/> <br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> APPEAL from<br /> a judgment of the Superior Court<br /> of Los Angeles<br /> County, Emilie H. Elias, Judge. Reversed.<br /> <br/> Richards,<br /> Watson & Gershon, Norman A. Dupont, T. Peter Pierce; and Daniel Kinburn for<br /> Plaintiff and Appellant.<br /> <br/> Edmund G.<br /> Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Ken Alex, Senior Assistant Attorney General,<br /> Dennis A. Ragen, Laura J. Zuckerman and Claudia Polsky, Deputy Attorneys<br /> General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.<br /> <br/> Goodwin<br /> Procter, Forrest A. Hainline III, Robert B. Bader; Arnold & Porter, Trenton<br /> H. Norris and Sarah Esmaili for Defendants and Respondents.<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>--------------------<br /> <br clear=all<br /> ><br /> <br/> Physicians<br /> Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) appeals from the trial court's grant<br /> of summary judgment in favor of chain<br /> restaurant corporations. The trial court<br /> concluded that federal law preempted Proposition 65 warnings that grilled<br /> chicken contains a known carcinogen. We<br /> reverse.<br /> <br/><b >FACTS</b><br /> <br/> In January<br /> 2008, PCRM, a nonprofit organization self-described as â€