IN RE LOCKHEED LITIGATION CASES

No. B159011.

10 Cal.Rptr.3d 34 (2004)

115 Cal.App.4th 558

LOCKHEED LITIGATION CASES.

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

February 2, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Girardi and Keese, Thomas V. Girardi, Robert W. Finnerty, Los Angeles, and Carrie J. Rognlien for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Rose, Klein & Marias and David A. Rosen, Los Angeles, for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Horvitz & Levy, Ellis J. Horvitz, David M. Axelrad and Mary-Christine Sungaila, Encino, for Defendants and Respondents ExxonMobil Corporation and Union Oil Company of California.

Steptoe & Johnson, Laurence F. Janssen, Lawrence P. Riff and Kevin C. Mayer, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent ExxonMobil Corporation.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, V. Thomas Meador III and Deanne L. Miller, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent Union Oil Company of California.


KITCHING, J.

Juanita Barnett Boyd and 101 other plaintiffs (collectively Plaintiffs) appeal a summary judgment in favor of ExxonMobil Corporation (Exxon) and Union Oil Company of California (Union Oil). Plaintiffs seek damages for wrongful death allegedly caused by exposure to toxic chemicals. Plaintiffs contend the exclusion of their expert's declaration on causation was error. We conclude that an expert opinion must be based on matter that provides a reasonable...

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