IN RE LOCKHEED LITIGATION CASES

No. B166347.

23 Cal.Rptr.3d 762 (2005)

LOCKHEED LITIGATION CASES.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division 3.

Review Granted April 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Girardi and Keese, Thomas V. Girardi, Los Angeles, Howard B. Miller, El Segundo, Robert W. Finnerty and Carrie J. Rognlien, Los Angeles, for 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 and Lawrence P. Riff, 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.

Latham & Watkins, Ernest J. Getto, Kirk A. Wilkinson, Los Angeles, Cynthia H. Cwik, San Diego; Tatro Tekosky Sadwick & Mendelson and Rene Tatro, Los Angeles, for American Chemistry Council as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Atlantic Legal Foundation, Martin S. Kaufman, Scarsdale, NY, and Stephen E. Johnson, El Segunod, for Robert K. Adair, D. Allan Bromley, Ronald E. Gots, Clark W. Heath, Dudley Herschbach, Steven Lamm, A. Alan Moghissi, Rodney Nichols, Robert Nolan, Richard Wilson and Lee Zwanziger as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Fred J. Hiestand, Sacramento, for Californians Allied for Patient Protection and The Civil Justice Association of California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

KITCHING, J.

Antonio Aguilar and 23 other plaintiffs (collectively Plaintiffs) appeal a judgment in favor of ExxonMobil Corporation (Exxon) and Union Oil Company of California (Union Oil) (collectively Defendants).1 Plaintiffs seek damages for injuries allegedly caused by exposure to toxic chemicals. The trial court...

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