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CLIFFORD a . J O N 5
HERBERT M. JO N E S
MELVIN 0 . C L O S E , J f t .
J O S E P H W. BROW N
GARY R . G O OD HEART
Mic h a e l E , Gu C k l e* WILL N M P
ItiR * ft, HARRISON
D O U G LA S G . C R 0 5 BT
R IC H A R D F. J Q S T
J . RANDALL JO N E S
CHA RLES H. McCRCA, SR . JANET L CH U BS
LAW O F F IC E S
J o n es. J o n es, Clo se & B row n
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A P R O F E S S IO N A L C O R P O R A T IO N
SEV EN TH FL O O R - VALLEY BA N K PLA ZA
3 0 0 SO U TH FO U RTH ST R E ET
DOUGLAS M, COHEN
WILUAM L. COULTHARD
PATRICIA J . CURTIS
DEREK C. ENCE
JA M ES W ERBECK
JO H N W. HELD
G A R T T. F O R EMA S T E R
ANTHONY C . GO RD ON
JA M ES 0 . GREENE
R IC H A R D F. M OLLET
DAVID G . JO H N S O N
JO H N L LEACH
PAUL A . LEMCKE
IW K 6 . LENHARO
MARK D . LEANER
RCNCE R. PEUTHER ST E P H E N M. RICE
M A RT KAY S IN 1C M
NIK S K A M JA R lC
JA N E A ST EC KB EC K
KEVlA R . STOLWOKTMY
February 6, 1991
John L. Thorndal, Esq. Thorndal, Backus, Maupin & Armstrong .1100 E- Bridger Avenue Las Vegas, Nevada 89125
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LYLE RIVERA
Re: Nevada Power v. Monsanto et al
Dear John:
The excerpt entitled "Damages vs. Liability" enclosed with yesterday's letter to you was not as well worded as it might have been. I am therefore enclosing today's draft, which I think is clearer.
Also relevant, and enclosed, are portions of BNA's Toxics Law Reporter, Volume III, numbers 31 and 46, which reference cases germane to the instant litigation.
Very truly yours,
JONES, JONES, CLOSE
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Charles H. McCrea, Sr.
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Volume 3, Number 31
January 4, 1989
i HIGHLIGHTS
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INSURERS FOR SHELL OIL CO. have no duty
CANCER-FEAR CLAIMS are examined by
to indemnify the company for costs to clean up attorney Henry Gluckstern in this week's Analysis
environmental contamination at the Rocky Moun and Perspective section. The author examines New
tain Arsmal superfund site in Colorado, a Califor Jersey decisions in the Jackson Township and
nia jury decides. If the verdict becomes final, the Mauro cases and looks at the different ways in
companies will not have to indemnify Shell for an which cancer fear claims are being treated
estimated $2 billion in cleanup costs, but a Shell nationally (p. 947).
attorney says the company will appeal. In another development, Shell's lead liability insurer sues Shell and a Colorado law firm alleging fraud and misrep resentation in connection with the claim (p. 940).
THE UARDAGE DEFENDANTS urge the U S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to deny a government petition for interlocutory appeal of a district court order rejecting record review of the
MAJOR PROBLEMS FOR DEVELOPERS and government's remedy selection for the Mardagc
banks relying on environmental audits to set up an hazardous waste site in Crincr, Okla. (p. 942).
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innocent landowner defense could result from a superfuiid ruling by a federal district court in New' Jersey, according to an environmental lawyer. The tuling finds a property owner and its lessee liable for lead cleanup at a warehouse, even though nei ther party introduced lead into the site and both
A PRE-TRIAL ORDER in a groundwater con tamination case brought against Martin Marietta Corp. and other defendants continues to be a source of dispute in the litigation. The plaintiffs ask the federal district court in Colorado to reject the company's motion for summary judgment, arguing
commissioned environmental audits that gave the >itc a clean bill of health (p. 943).
that they have complied with an order that required them to present "evidence of the causal link be
MEDICAL MONITORING COSTS under the tween plaintiffs' claimed injuries and exposure" to
viipcrfund law should be allowed, Pennsylvania resi- toxic substances (p. 934).
Icnls living near a New Jersey hazardous waste landfill assert in a petition appealing a ruling disal'owing the costs. The plaintiffs tell the U.S. Court of Appials for the Third Circuit there is " no 'ational basis" for the ruling (p. 933).
A $1.2 MILLION VERDICT in a dibromochlorupropane case is affirmed by a federal appeals court. The court rules that medical causation testi mony is not rendered inadmissible solely because it is offered by a toxicologist who lacks a medical
A RULING IN A VACCINE CASE granting degree. The jury found for the family of a contrac
summary judgment to .a drug manufacturer is re tor who died from exposure to DBCP at a Dow
versed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Elev Chemical Co. plant (p. 935).
enth Cixuit. The court finds sufficient evidence to allow a jury to conclude that the firm's diptheriapertussis-tetanus vaccine was administered to an infant who died several days later (p. 937).
A PATIENT DOES NOT HAVE A DUTY to determine the appropriateness of proposed medical treatment, a Florida court rules. The court over turns a jury finding that the patient was compara
A LABEL ON IMRON PAINT adequately tively negligent for failing to seek a second opinion
warned firefighters tha': they were not sufficiently after her doctor recommended a hysterectomy to
rained to handle the paint, a federal court of stop prolonged menstrual bleeding. The plaintiff
S w ' ippeals holds, affirming a ruling exonerating the paint's manufacturer from liability (p. 937).
asserted that a drug, Depo-Provcra, caused her bleeding (p. 938).
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