TRANSWESTERN PIPELINE CO. v. MONSANTO CO.

Docket No. B083489.

46 Cal.App.4th 502 (1996)

TRANSWESTERN PIPELINE COMPANY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MONSANTO COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

June 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Preuss, Walker & Shanagher, Charles F. Preuss, Vernon I. Zvoleff and Alan J. Lazarus for Defendant and Appellant.

Fred J. Hiestand as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Sherman & Sterling, James Tallon, Janet Grady and Jerry Marks for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

JOHNSON, J.

Plaintiff, whose business is the interstate transportation of natural gas, contaminated the Southern California Gas Company's pipeline with gas containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's). After settling the gas company's damage claim, plaintiff sought equitable indemnity from the PCB manufacturer on several theories including strict liability for design defect and negligent failure to warn of the environmental...

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