Legal Opinion
Smith v. EXXON MOBIL OIL CORP.
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 3, 2007No. A112101PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
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. The case went to the jury solely on the issue of damages.
Appellant claims collateral estoppel was erroneously applied because (1) through no fault…
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