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MIRANDA v. SHELL OIL CO.

Docket No. F013486.

17 Cal.App.4th 1651 (1993)

15 Cal. Rptr.2d 569

AMARA HESS MIRANDA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

January 4, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Miller & Rolfe, Duane C. Miller, Andreas C. Nelson and John Briggs for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Stephen W. Jones, Frederick D. Baker, Hardin, Cook, Loper, Engel & Bergez, Gennaro A. Filice III, Catherine Douat-Murray, Armour, Goodin Schlotz & MacBride, Donald E. Schlotz, Claire D. De Chazal, Landels, Ripley & Diamond, Stephen C. Lewis and Cydney T. Batchelor for Defendants and Appellants.

[Opinion certified for partial publication.†]

OPINION

DIBIASO, J.

Plaintiffs ask this court to reverse the entry of a summary judgment in their "toxic-tort" action.

We will reverse the summary judgment. In the published portion, we hold that the cost of future medical monitoring, to detect the onset of disease caused by exposure to pollutants, is a "detriment" under Civil Code section...

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