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Mr. Kayhan is a litigation partner with extensive
experience in a wide variety of civil litigation matters. His primary
practice focus is defense of toxic tort and environmental claims.
He has worked extensively with the firm's petrochemical clients
in the defense of environmental, personal injury and property damage
claims involving a variety of chemicals, substances and products.
He also has handled general personal injury and business litigation.
Mr. Kayhan has considerable experience at the trial and appellate
levels. Mr. Kayhan has been repeatedly honored as a "Northern California Super Lawyer" by the publishers of San Francisco Magazine and Journal for Law & Politics in an annual survey of California lawyers.
Significant Litigation
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Britz, Inc. v. Dow Chemical Co. (1999)
73 Cal.App.4th 177. Joint tortfeasor who settled with
plaintiff and dismissed cross-complaint against co-defendants
was barred from later suing other settling defendants
for indemnity.
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Roland, et al. v. Norris School District,
et al. (1998). Trial of 12 bellwether plaintiffs seeking
medical monitoring damages from alleged exposure to pesticide
resulting in a defense verdict. The trial court's earlier
grant of summary adjudication in favor of defendants on
personal injury and fear of cancer claims was upheld on
appeal in a seminal opinion (Miranda v. Shell Oil Co.
(1993) 17 Cal.App.4th 1651).
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Wedeck v. Union Oil Company of California
(Unocal), et al. (1997) 59 Cal.App.4th 848. The California
Court of Appeal upheld summary judgment for Unocal in
a toxic tort action, holding that a temporary employee
assigned to a refinery and subject to its direction and
control was a “special employee” and therefore
limited to workers' compensation.
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Education
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J.D., Hastings College of the Law,
University of California, San Francisco, 1987
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B.A., University of California, Berkeley,
1979
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Professional Associations
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International Association of Defense Counsel
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Defense Research Institute
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Association of Defense Counsel of
Northern California
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Admitted to Practice
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