Top Women Lawyers
May 12, 2011
Ruth D. Kahn
Steptoe & Johnson Location: Los Angeles Practice type: Litigation Practice specialty: Product liability, toxic tort
Kahn began representing Southern California Edison Co. in 2006 when the family of a deceased cable splicer brought a suit alleging that he died from multiple myeloma developed from exposure to wood preservatives used on utility poles jointly owned by the electric utility company.
The plaintiffs sought $2.6 million in damages. Four years later, Kahn successfully defended the company at trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court, convincing a jur...
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