Gray v. Air Products & Chemicals
Filed 6/28/06 Gray v. Air Products & Chemicals CA2/7
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION SEVEN
| DANIEL GRAY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS, INC. et al., Defendants and Appellants. | B181786 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. TC015844) |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Josh M. Fredricks, Judge. Affirmed.
Haight Brown & Bonesteel, Jules S. Zeman and Peter Q. Ezzell for Defendant and Appellant Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Horvitz & Levy, David M. Axelrad and Bradley S. Pauley; Lynberg & Watkins, Dana Alden Fox and Michael S. Moss; Law Offices of Linda M. Libertucci and Charles A. Palmer for Defendant and Appellant The Saxon Group, Inc.
McNicholas & McNicholas, Patrick McNicholas and Holly N. Boyer; Law Offices of Rex Jacobs and Rex Jacobs; Esner & Chang and Stuart Bruce Esner for Plaintiff and Respondent Daniel Gray.
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Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (Air Products) and The Saxon Group, Inc. (Saxon) appeal from the judgment entered following a jury trial in this action for negligence and products liability on the ground the award to Daniel Gray of $8.5 million in noneconomic damages is excessive. Air Products and Saxon also appeal from the postjudgment order awarding costs.[1] We affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
1. The Accident
Daniel Gray worked as a crane â€
