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SMITH v. EXXON MOBIL OIL CORP.

No. A112101.

64 Cal.Rptr.3d 69 (2007)

153 Cal.App.4th 1407

Kathleen M. SMITH et al. Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. EXXON MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of California, First District, Division Two.

August 3, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horvitz & Levy LLP, David M. Axelrad, Stephen E. Norris, Curt Charles Cutting, Encino, Armstrong & Associates LLP, William Henry Armstrong, Oakland, Miriam E. Hiser, Jennifer D. Fitzpatrick, for Appellant.

Paul, Hanley & Harley LLP, Philip A. Harley, Berkeley, Wesley Wayne Wagnon, Law Offices of Bryce C. Anderson, Bryce Clay Anderson, Brentwood, for Respondents.

KLINE, P.J.

This appeal is from a judgment of wrongful death in which liability was established by application of the doctrine of collateral estoppel. Relying on findings of liability in an earlier personal injury action against it, the trial court precluded defendant and appellant ExxonMobil Oil Corporation (Mobil)1 from presenting any defense to respondents' claims of exposure to asbestos, negligence, causation, and allocation of fault...

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