What is the test for appointing a jointly appointed attorney in a personal injury case?

[140 Cal.App.3d 632] As explained in People v. Cook (1975) 13 Cal.3d 663, 671, 119 Cal.Rptr. 500, 532 P.2d 148: "When a trial court undertakes to appoint counsel for indigent codefendants [citation], it must assume the burden of assuring that its appointment does not result in a denial of effective counsel because of some possible conflict. [Citations.]" The burden on the court is not met by transferring all responsibility to the appointed attorney. Where one of the joint clients raises an objection, the court must satisfy itself that counsel has made a fully informed determination that no conflict exists. The fact that the client does not fully articulate the reasons for the conflict does not excuse the court from performing its duty.