161 Cal. App. 4th 928 - Brewer v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis
2008
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10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 3 Cal. 2d 427 - Crawford v. Southern Pacific Co. · 8 Cal. 4th 791 - Ghirardo v. Antonioli · 26 Cal. 3d 301 - People v. Shirokow · 33 Cal. 3d 639 - Jessup Farms v. Baldwin · 35 Cal. 3d 564 - Warsaw v. Chicago Metallic Ceilings, Inc.
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“'consumer product in consumer use' " exception for facilities and they did not establish disposals, as needed for liability; (iii) Defendants established defenses based on the HSAA's permitted release and nonretroactivity provisions (with the nonretroactivity determinations foreclosing the need for a jury phase), the statute of limitations, and a contractual release; (iv) in an equitable allocation of liability, Plaintiffs would bear 100 percent of costs; and (v) in addition to costs being unavailable (in the absence of a right of action), many costs claimed by Plaintiffs were not recoverable for other reasons. 5 Plaintiffs filed objections, which the trial court overruled. The court entered judgment for Defendants. Defendants filed motions for attorney fees and costs, which the court denied. Plaintiffs appealed the judgment, and Defendants appealed the fee and cost rulings. The State of California submitted an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit in the federal case, and we invited the Attorney General to submit an amicus brief in this appeal. The parties were invited to respond. The Attorney General submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae DTSC, and the parties filed briefs in response. III. DISCUSSION A. Overview 1. Standard of review When we review a statement of decision, "findings on questions of fact are reviewed under the substantial evidence standard.”
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