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CALIFORNIA SANSOME CO. v. U.S. GYPSUM CO.

No. C-89-1387 EFL.

819 F.Supp. 878 (1993)

CALIFORNIA SANSOME CO., a limited partnership, and Polk Market Co., a limited partnership, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, and W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn., a Connecticut corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

April 19, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth B. McClain, Humphrey, Farrington & McClain, Independence, MO, Joseph A. Darrell, Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, San Francisco, CA, John M. Klamann, Overland Park, KS, for plaintiffs.

James J. Brosnahan, Morrison & Foerster, William M. Armstrong, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, CA, James D. Pagliaro, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, for defendants.

ORDER GRANTING JUDGMENT NOTWITHSTANDING THE VERDICT

LYNCH, District Judge.

I. Background

Plaintiffs filed this tort action against defendants on April 21, 1989, claiming asbestos-related damage in two of their buildings — 425 California Street and Fox Plaza. Plaintiffs sought upwards of 20 million dollars in compensatory and punitive damages to recoup costs for analysis, removal, and replacement of asbestos-contaminated property,...

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