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Product Liabiblity
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Hoyt v Colonial Acres
Case information: Alameda County Superior Court, Case No. RG 06261150
Case issue: Product liability
Clients: Colonial Acres
Attorneys: William Kronenberg, Steven Yuen
Result: Non-suit at trial
Summary
The firm represented a landowner accused of permitting smoking on its premises, which resulted in the explosion of liquid oxygen tanks and a fire. Following jury selection and opening statements, Judge Cecilia Castellanos granted the firm's motion for non-suit due to a lack of evidence on causation.