11.   Norfolk District Attorney William D. Delahunt, whose office prosecuted Salvi, said Tuesday he expects the verdict to be upheld on appeal.

12.   Occidental Petroleum said it was confident the verdict would be upheld.

13.   That verdict was upheld in July by the state Supreme Court.

14.   The appeals court upheld that verdict.

15.   The California Court of Appeals upheld the verdict, saying that reasonable care should have been taken to guard against these types of accidents.

16.   The court upheld the verdict anyway.

17.   The Court of Appeals rejected the argument and upheld the verdict last April, although it did away with the damage award.

18.   The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that verdict last July.

19.   The state Court of Appeal upheld the verdict.

20.   The San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld that verdict.