Legal Opinion
Asbestos Claims Facility v. Berry & Berry
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 26, 1990No. Docket Nos. A039701, A039830PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
STRANKMAN, J.
Appellants in these consolidated appeals are the Asbestos Claims Facility (ACF) and its members, several asbestos manufacturers who are defendants in numerous asbestos-related personal injury and wrongful death actions filed in the Superior Courts of Alameda County (the Alameda court) and the City and County of San Francisco (the San Francisco court). Respondent is Berry & Berry, an Oakland law firm. In complex asbestos litigation in both counties, the trial courts issued similar general orders appointing respondent as designated defense counsel to coordinate the…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- People v. Superior Court (Greer)California Supreme Court · 1977
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