Product Liability -- 1999
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Comas v. Ashland Chemical Company
(California Supreme Court)
Class action issues
On 2/26/99, the NAM filed an amicus letter supporting five companies appealing class action rulings. The California Supreme Court will determine the burden of proof with respect to causation, whether collateral estoppel objections are waived when using a "pilot" trial procedure, and whether collateral estoppel applies to jury findings relating to product warnings in a previous trial. Appeal denied 4/99.
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