Sunset Vine Tower Ltd. v. United States Mineral Products Company
Published: Jun. 18, 1994 | Result Date: May 27, 1994 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: C728817 – $0
Judge
Court
L.A. Superior Central
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Defendant
Kevin J. McNaughton
(Carpenter, Rothans & Dumont)
Experts
Plaintiff
William E. Longo Ph.D.
(technical)
Defendant
Eric Chatfield
(technical)
Facts
Plaintiff Sunset Vine Tower, Ltd., a general partnership, alleged that the Sunset Vine Tower sustained property damage due to contamination from spray applied mineral wool based asbestos containing fireproofing material originally installed in the building in 1962-63. Trial was limited to the issue of whether spray applied mineral wool based asbestos-containing fireproofing material manufactured by Defendant U.S. Mineral was one of the fireproofing products installed in the building.
Settlement Discussions
Defendant contends they made no monetary offers and Plaintiff made a $1,000,000 statutory demand, reduced to $375,000 at trial.
Damages
The Damage issue was not litigated at trial which was restricted to product identification issues.
Deliberation
3.5 hours
Poll
12-0
Length
8 days
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