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Timestamp: 2019-04-26 00:40:26+00:00

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Paul J. Killion is a Certified Appellate Specialist and practices in the area of complex civil litigation. Mr. Killion has been counsel of record or co-counsel in over 100 appellate matters, including appeals, writs, petitions for review, merits briefing and amicus curiae briefing. Many of the matters have resulted in published decisions. He has handled a variety of litigation and appeals, including significant national experience in asbestos, pollution, toxic tort insurance coverage litigation and large personal injury claims. He has a broad range of appellate experience, in both state and federal court, with a particular focus on appeals from complex jury trials.
Mr. Killion served as the Chair of the California State Bar's Standing Committee on the Appellate Courts from 2015-16, and is currently a member of the Litigation Section, Committee on Appellate Courts. He has spoken and published on numerous appellate and insurance issues, and was selected as a 2014 Distinguished Legal Writing Award Winner by the Burton Awards. He currently serves on the Jury Instruction Committee of the State Bar Litigation Section, providing comments on proposed California Approved Civil Instructions. He is a member of the Appellate Committees of the Bar Association of San Francisco and the Defense Research Institute. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Forum for Environmental and Toxic Tort Issues (FETTI).
Mr. Killion is a 1986 graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law and a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He is AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Representative Matters: Significant Litigation; North Kern Water Storage District v. City of Bakersfield (Ventura Superior Court water contract rights dispute); Represented a global designer and developer of shock absorbers and racing suspension products in a product liability suit. The suit was filed by a Canadian citizen who was severely injured and sought damages in excess of $20 million resulting from crashing his mountain bike; Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London v. Rockwell Automation Corp., et al. (Los Angeles asbestos coverage litigation).; Merced Irrig. Dist. v. Mariposa (Tulare Superior Court water contract rights dispute); On behalf of a Long Beach trucking company, set aside a $2.3 million default judgment in Los Angeles Superior Court and then defeated a renewed effort by the plaintiff to establish alter ego liability.; Deere and Co. v. Certain Underwriters, et al. (San Francisco asbestos coverage litigation); Thorpe Asbestos Coverage Cases (Los Angeles Coordinated Proceeding involving asbestos non-products coverage issues); St.Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co. v. A.P.I. Inc. (Minn. state court asbestos coverage litigation involving non-products issues and 524(g) federal bankruptcy proceedings)(2002-05); Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, et al. (San Francisco asbestos coverage litigation involving products issues and 524(g) federal bankruptcy proceedings)(2000-05); Four Star Oil & Gas Company, et al. v. Allianz Insurance Co., et al. (Los Angeles coverage litigation involving all Texaco's environmental sites in United States and Canada)(1992-95); FMC Corporation v. Plaisted and Companies, et al. (Santa Clara County, CA multi-phase environmental coverage litigation involving 60 sites, seven separate jury trials and seven separate appeals)(1987-98); Shell Oil Company v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Co., et al. (San Francisco and Illinois coverage litigation involving polybutylene pipe property damage claims)(1993-96); Shell Oil Company v. Accident and Casualty, et al. and related actions (San Mateo and San Francisco CA environmental coverage litigation involving Rocky mountain Arsenal and other Shell pollution sites)(1986-96); Counsel for insurers in connection with the application of the standard nuclear exclusion in liability insurance policies to pollution sites.; Represented London market insurance companies in a pollution coverage litigation, worth approximately $10 million, against a major oil company that involved a yellow-cake uranium processing plant in Wyoming.; Represented a pro bono client in performing a constitutional analysis in the City of Monterey Park, California showing the unconstitutionality of a proposed ordinance which sought to require that business signs have modern Latin Alphabet (e.g. English) on their signs.; Significant Appeals; M.B.L., Inc. v. Federal Ins. Co., et al. (Ninth Circuit No. 14-56107) 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 695 (successfully obtained affirmance of summary judgment for insurance client in dry-cleaning pollution case); Razmco and Associates, Inc., et al. v. BB&T Insurance Services (Fourth District, Div. 1, No. D066296, 2016 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1039) (successfully obtained reversal of adverse jury verdict regarding intentional interference with prospective economic advantage).; Lamorak Insurance Company v. Superior Court (Rockwell Automation Corporation and Invensys LLC) (Cal. Court of Appeal, Second District, Div. 7, B266629) (successfully petitioned for writ of mandate challenging summary adjudication of breach; alternative writ issued).; DeBons, et al. v. Globus Medical, Inc. (Ninth Circuit No. 14-56455) (successfully obtained affirmance of 12(b)(6) dismissal of 17200 class action based on NuBone medical product).; Field v. American Mortgage Express Corp., et al. 584 Fed.Appx. 414 (9th Cir. 9/11/2014 No. 12-16311) (successfully obtained affirmance of summary judgment and dismissal for payroll processor client in back wages class action); David Larrieu, et al. v. ING Bank, et al. (First District, Div. Five, No. A137527) (successfully obtained dismissal of appeal from demurrer ruling in favor of bank client in foreclosure action); Federal Ins. Co., et al. v. MBL, Inc. (2013) 219 Cal.App.4th 29 (successfully obtained affirmance of judgment denying right to Cumis counsel on behalf of insurance client, and affirmance of money judgment against policyholder for reimbursement of Cumis fees not owed.); Pedeferri, et al. v. White, et al. (2013) 216 Cal.App.4th 359 (successfully obtained reversal of $49 million total judgment against client in personal injury and wrongful death action arising out of a distracted driver running off the road and killing a motorist and crippling a CHP officer.); In Re Plant Insulation Co. (9th Cir. 2013) 734 F.3d 900 (9th Cir. No. 12-17466) (partial reversal of bankruptcy court confirmation order against insurer client regarding 524(g) asbestos bankruptcy proceeding, based on failure to grant the asbestos trust a majority ownership share in the reorganized debtor, as required under 524(g)); Employers Ins. Co. of Wausau v. California Capital Ins. Co. (Court of Appeal, Second District, Div. 6, No. B226545) (unpublished) (successfully obtained affirmance of $1 million judgment entered in favor of an excess insurer in a subrogation and indemnity action arising from auto accident); Reid v. Google, Inc., (2013) 50 Cal.4th 512 (In an age discrimination suit brought against Google on behalf of a former director of operations and engineering, obtained a decision from the California Supreme Court that affirmed a lower court's decision rejecting most of Google's objections to the suit. Decision established rules regarding evidentiary objections in summary judgment motions).; Gregorie v. Alpine Meadows Ski Corporation 405 Fed.Appx. 187 (9th Cir. 12/7/2010, No. 09-16963 2010, (successfully obtained affirmance of summary judgment for ski resort client based on assumption of risk in snowboarding wrongful death action); Aerojet-General Corporation v. Commercial Universal Insurance Company, 155 Cal.App.4th 132 (2007) (environmental insurance coverage); Catholic Mutual Relief Society et al. v. Superior Court, 42 Cal.4th 358 (2007) (reinsurance discovery; amicus brief) (one of Mealey's 10 most significant insurance coverage cases for 2007); Schnitzer Investment Corp. v. Certain Underwriters, et al., 341 Ore. 128 (2006 Oregon SC) (environmental coverage); Holloway v. Republic Indemnity Co., 341 Ore. 642 (2006 Oregon SC) (sexual harassment coverage); Buell-Wilson v. Ford Motor Co., 141 Cal.App.4th 525 (2006) (Explorer rollover); Souza v. Squaw Valley Ski Corp., 138 Cal.App.4th 262 (2006) (ski injury); Boghos v. Certain Underwriters, et al., 36 Cal.4th 495 (2005) (arbitration dispute; amicus brief); Kahn v. East Side Union HS Dist., et al., 31 Cal.4th 990 (2003) (diving accident; amicus brief); London Market Insurers v. Safety National unpublished (First Dist. 2004) (arbitration dispute); Vine v. Bear Valley 118 Cal.App.4th 577 (2004) (snowboarding injury); Lambert v. General Motors unpublished (Fourth Dist. 2003) (Blazer rollover); Henkel Corp. v. Hartford Acc. And Indem., 29 Cal.4th 934 (2003) (assignment issue; amicus brief) (one of Mealey's 10 most significant insurance coverage cases for 2003); Squaw Valley v. Superior Court unpublished (2nd Dist. 2002) (venue writ); Dart Industries v. Commercial Union Insurance Co. 28 Cal. 4th 1059 (2002) (missing insurance contract; amicus brief) (one of Mealey's 10 most significant insurance coverage cases in 2002); Raimondi v. Ford Motor Co. unpublished (First Dist. 2001) (Bronco II rollover); Sparks v. Calif. Restaurant Assoc. unpublished (Third Dist. 2001) (employment discrimination); Golden Eagle Ins. Co. v. Southwire Co. (Fifth Dist. 2001) (construction defect); Palmer v. Truck Ins. Exch., 21 Cal.4th 1109 (1999) (advertising liability; amicus brief); Syntex v. Lowsley-Williams and Cos. (1998) 67 Cal.App.4th 871 (environmental insurance coverage); FMC v. Plaisted and Companies (1998) 61 Cal.App.4th 1132 (environmental insurance coverage); Armstrong World Industries v. Aetna Cas. & Ins. Co. (1996) 45 Cal. App. 4th 1 (asbestos coverage); Shell Oil Company v. Winterthur Swiss Ins. Co. (1993) 12 Cal.App.4th 715 (environmental insurance coverage).

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