PEOPLE v. CONAGRA GROCERY PRODUCTS CO.

No. H040880.

17 Cal.App.5th 51 (2017)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent, v. CONAGRA GROCERY PRODUCTS COMPANY et al., Defendants and Appellants; THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

November 14, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the County Counsel, County of Santa Clara, Orry P. Korb , Danny Y. Chou , Greta S. Hansen , Jenny S. Lam , Kavita Narayan , Meghan F. Loisel , Lorraine Van Kirk ; Office of the County Counsel, Alameda County, Donna R. Ziegler , Andrew Massey ; Office of the County Counsel, County of Los Angeles, Mark J. Saladino , Robert E. Ragland , Andrea Ross ; Office of the County Counsel, County of Monterey, Charles J. McKee , William M. Litt ; Office of the City Attorney, City of Oakland, Barbara Parker , Wendy M. Garbers ; Office of the City Attorney, City of San Diego, Christopher Kee , Jan I. Goldsmith , Daniel F. Bamberg , Paul F. Prather ; Office of the City Attorney, City and County of San Francisco, Dennis J. Herrera , Owen J. Clements , Erin Bernstein ; Office of the County Counsel, County of San Mateo, John C. Beiers , Rebecca M. Archer ; Office of the County Counsel, Solano County, Dennis Bunting ; Office of the County Counsel, County of Ventura, Leroy Smith , Eric Walts ; Altshuler Berzon , Michael Rubin , Stacey M. Leyton ; Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Joseph W. Cotchett , Nancy L. Fineman , Brian M. Schnarr ; Law Office of Peter Earle, Peter G. Earle ; Motley Rice , Fidelma Fitzpatrick , Robert J. McConnell ; Mary Alexander & Associates, Mary E. Alexander , Jennifer L. Fiore and Sophia M. Aslami for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent.

Reed Smith, Raymond A. Cardozo , Margaret M. Grignon , Anne M. Grignon , Kasey J. Curtis ; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Allen J. Ruby , Jack P. DiCanio , Patrick Hammon ; McGrath North Mullin & Kratz, James P. Fitzgerald and James J. Frost for Defendant and Appellant ConAgra Grocery Products Company.

Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, Donald E. Scott , Andre M. Pauka , Jameson R. Jones ; McManis Faulkner, James McManis , William Faulkner ; Snell & Wilmer, Richard A. Derevan and Todd E. Lundell for Defendant and Appellant NL Industries, Inc.

Jones Day, Robert A. Mittelstaedt , John W. Edwards II , Paul Michael Pohl , Charles H. Moellenberg, Jr. , Leon F. Dejulius, Jr. ; Horvitz & Levy, David M. Axelrad and Lisa Perrochet for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant The Sherwin-Williams Company.

Evans Law Firm Inc. and Ingrid M. Evans for Changelab Solutions et al., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent.

Law Offices of Paula Canny and Paula Canny for California Conference of Local Health Officers as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent.

Corey, Luzaich, de Ghetaldi, Nastari & Riddle, Dario de Ghetaldi and Clare Capaccioli Velasquez for American Academy of Pediatrics, California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent.

National Resources Defense Council and Michael E. Wall for Environmental Health Coalition and Healthy Homes Collaborative as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent.

Pacific Legal Foundation, Timothy Sandefur and Christopher M. Kieser for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Phil Goldberg and Amir Nassihi for NFIB Small Business Legal Center et al., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Fred J. Hiestand for Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.


OPINION

After a lengthy court trial, the People of the State of California (plaintiff) prevailed in this representative public nuisance action against defendants ConAgra Grocery Products Company (ConAgra), NL Industries, Inc. (NL), and The Sherwin-Williams Company (SWC).1 The trial court...

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