Legal Opinion
Mullen v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 30, 1988No. A036661PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
POCHE, J.
This appeal is from a judgment dismissing an amended complaint entered following the sustaining of a general demurrer without leave to amend. The question presented is whether a cause of action has been stated according to the “market share” theory of liability adopted in Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories (1980) 26 Cal.3d 588 [163 Cal.Rptr. 132, 607 P.2d 924, 2 A.L.R.4th 1061], for the removal of asbestos products from residential housing throughout the state. We hold that no such cause of action has been alleged.
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, Nationalsurety Corporation, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Sindell v. Abbott LaboratoriesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Benjamin H. Blackston, Wilmer L. Ring, John N. Turner, James N. Tanksley and Foster G. Hickox v. Shook and Fletcher Insulation Co., Ac & S, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Celotex Corp. v. CopelandSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1997
- Smith v. Eli Lilly & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1990
- Fibreboard Corp. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.California Court of Appeal · 1993
- Shackil v. Lederle LaboratoriesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1989
- Sholtis v. American Cyanamid Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1989
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