State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

North American Chemical Co. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Decided December 1, 1997. H Walter Croskey wrote the opinion for the court.

59 Cal. App. 4th 764 · Cited 118 times

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Seely v. White Motor Co. · 403 P.2d 145
Ott v. Alfa-Laval Agri, Inc. · 31 Cal. App. 4th 1439
Allred v. Bekins Wide World Van Services · 45 Cal. App. 3d 984
J'Aire Corp. v. Gregory · 598 P.2d 60
Lucas v. Hamm · 56 Cal. 2d 583
Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. · 59 Cal. 2d 57
Tameny v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 610 P.2d 1330
Fifield Manor v. Finston · 54 Cal. 2d 632
Eads v. Marks · 39 Cal. 2d 807
Blank v. Kirwan · 703 P.2d 58
Foley v. Interactive Data Corp. · 765 P.2d 373
Ultramares Corp. v. Touche · 174 N.E. 441
Biakanja v. Irving · 49 Cal. 2d 647
Cronin v. J.B.E. Olson Corp. · 501 P.2d 1153
Heyer v. Flaig · 70 Cal. 2d 223
Holtz v. Superior Court · 475 P.2d 441
Saunders v. Cariss · 224 Cal. App. 3d 905
Huang v. Garner · 157 Cal. App. 3d 404
Ellenberger v. Espinosa · 30 Cal. App. 4th 943
Sacramento Regional Transit District v. Grumman Flxible · 158 Cal. App. 3d 289
Pisano v. American Leasing · 146 Cal. App. 3d 194
Kuitems v. Covell · 104 Cal. App. 2d 482
Ales-Peratis Foods International, Inc. v. American Can Co. · 164 Cal. App. 3d 277
San Francisco Unified School District v. W.R. Grace & Company-Connecticut · 37 Cal. App. 4th 1318
Berg v. General Motors Corp. · 555 P.2d 818

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