On January 22, 2019 a
Motion,Ex Parte
was filed
involving a dispute between
Chulick, Carol,
Hagen, Deborah,
Hagler, Joleen,
and
Anheuser-Busch, Llc,
Anheuserbusch, Llc,
Associated Insulation Of California,
Buttner Corp.,
Columbia Mechanical Contractors, Inc.,
Cooper Brothers, Inc.,
Cosco Fire Protection, Inc.,
Does 1 Through 800, Inclusive, As Required By,
D. Zelinksy & Sons, Inc.,
D. Zelinsky & Sons, Incorporated,
Fdcc California, Inc.,
Frank Bonetti Plumbing, Inc.,
George H. Wilson, Inc.,
George Wilson Company, Inc.,
Grinnell Llc,
Grinnell Llc (Fka Grinnell Corporation, Aka,
Johnson Controls, Inc.,
Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc.,
Kellymoore Paint Company, Inc.,
Marconi Plastering Company, Inc.,
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,
Monterey Mechanical Co.,
Riley Power Inc.,
Rosendin Electric, Inc.,
Rudolph And Sletten, Inc.,
Scott Co. Of California,
Texaco Inc.,
W.L. Hickey Sons, Inc.,
Chulick, Carol,
Hagen, Deborah,
Hagler, Joleen,
for ASBESTOS
in the District Court of San Francisco County.
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1 Douglas G. Wah, Esq. SBN 64692
Nicole B. Yuen, Esq. SBN 184120
2 FOLEY & MANSFIELD, PLLP
ELECTRONICALLY
2185 North California Boulevard, Suite 575
3 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 F I L E D
Telephone: (510) 590-9500 Superior Court of California,
County of San Francisco
4 Facsimile: (510) 590-9595
Email: nyuen@foleymansfield.com 01/21/2022
5 Clerk of the Court
BY: ERNALYN BURA
Attorneys for Defendant Deputy Clerk
6 COLUMBIA MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.
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8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
9 FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
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11 CAROL CHULICK, as Successor-in-Interest to Case No.: CGC-19-276757
and as Wrongful Death Heir of JOHN
12 CHULICK, Deceased; and DEBORAH [Assigned for Pre-Trial Purposes to Hon. Cynthia
HAGEN and JOLEEN HAGLER, as Wrongful
13 Death Heirs of JOHN CHULICK, Deceased, Ming-Mei Lee, Dept. 503]
14 Plaintiffs, [Assigned for Trial to Hon. Jeffrey S. Ross, Dept.
502]
15 vs.
16 RILEY POWER INC., et al., DECLARATION OF NICOLE BROWN
YUEN IN SUPPORT JOINT DEFENSE
17 Defendants. REPLY RE MOTION IN LIMINE TO
EXCLUDE 2007 FILMS AND THE
18 TESTIMONY, OPINIONS AND/OR
REPORTS OF DR. DANIEL POWERS
19 WHICH RELIED UPON THOSE FILMS
20 [JOINT DEFENSE MIL #2]
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Complaint Filed: January 22, 2019
24 Trial Date: December 27, 2021
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DECLARATION OF NICOLE BROWN YUEN IN SUPPORT JOINT DEFENSE REPLY RE MIL TO EXCLUDE
2007 FILMS AND THE TESTIMONY, OPINIONS AND/OR REPORTS OF DR. DANIEL POWERS WHICH
RELIED UPON THOSE FILMS [JOINT DEFENSE MIL #2]
1 DECLARATION OF NICOLE BROWN YUEN
2 I, Nicole Brown Yuen, declare as follows:
3 1. I am an attorney at law, duly licensed to practice before all the Courts of the State of
4 California and am a partner at the law firm of Foley & Mansfield, PLLP, the attorneys of record for
5 Defendant Columbia Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (“Columbia Mechanical” or “Defendant”) in this
6 action. I have personal knowledge of the matters stated herein, and if called upon could and would
7 competently testify thereto.
8 2. Attached collectively hereto as Exhibit C are a true and accurate copies of defense
9 acceptance letters re Dr. Daniel Powers.
10 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing
11 is true and correct. Executed on January 21, 2022, at Moraga, California.
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Nicole Brown Yuen
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RELIED UPON THOSE FILMS [JOINT DEFENSE MIL #2]
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Hiromi Nagayama
Paralegal
T (415) 781-7072
F (415) 391-6258
E hnagayama@wfbm.com
November 1, 2021
VIA FILE & SERVEXPRESS
Ms. Carmen Damaso
Brayton Purcell LLP
222 Rush Landing Road
P.O. Box 6169
Novato, CA 94945
RE Carol Chulick, et.al. v. Riley Power Inc., et. al.
San Francisco Superior Court Case No. CGC-19-276757
Our Clients: D. Zelinsky & Sons, Inc.; George H. Wilson, Inc.
Dear Ms. Damaso:
We are in receipt of your correspondence of October 25, 2021, regarding the offer of depositions of
plaintiffs' expert witnesses in the above-referenced matter. On behalf of our clients D. Zelinsky & Sons, Inc.
and George H. Wilson, Inc., we hereby accept the telephonic depositions of the following expert witnesses
offered by plaintiffs in the case:
Charles Ay
Richard Cohen, M.D.
Robert Johnson/James Mills
Steven Compton, PhD.
Dr. Richard Sobonya
Dr. Daniel Raybin
Dr. Daniel Powers
Please be advised that our acceptance of the above depositions is contingent upon receiving your experts'
notes, reports and complete file no later than seventy-two (72) hours prior to their scheduled depositions.
Materials received later than seventy-two (72) hours prior to the scheduled date/time may require the
deposition(s) to be rescheduled.
Very truly yours,
Hiromi Nagayama
Paralegal
WFBM, LLP
HN:HN
CC All Counsel of Record
5782823.1
3619-3.5057
WFBM.COM / One Sansome Street, Suite 1800, San Francisco, California 94104-4461
Jim Phalon
Paralegal
T (415) 781-7072
F (415) 391-6258
E jphalon@wfbm.com
October 29, 2021
VIA FILE & SERVE XPRESS
Ms. Carmen Damaso
BraytonیPurcell LLP
222 Rush Landing Road
Novato, CA 94948-6169
RE Carol Chulick, et al., v. Riley Power, Inc., et al.
San Francisco County Superior Court Case No. CGC-19-276757
Our Client: Cosco Fire Protection, Inc.
Dear Ms. Damaso:
Pursuant to your letter of October 25, 2021, to all Chulick counsel of record, offering
plaintiff's experts for deposition, please be advised that on behalf of our client Cosco Fire
Protection, Inc., we accept these, with the exception of Dr. Arnold Brody.
Please be advised that our acceptance of the offered depositions is contingent upon receiving
these experts' respective notes, reports and complete files no later than seventy-two (72)
hours prior to their scheduled depositions. Materials received later than seventy-two (72)
hours prior to the scheduled date/time may require the deposition(s) to be rescheduled.
Very truly yours,
Jim
Jim Phalon
Paralegal
WFBM, LLP
WFBM.COM / One Sansome Street, Suite 1800, San Francisco, California 94104-4461
Hiromi Nagayama
Paralegal
T (415) 781-7072
F (415) 391-6258
E hnagayama@wfbm.com
November 1, 2021
VIA FILE & SERVEXPRESS
Ms. Carmen Damaso
Brayton Purcell LLP
222 Rush Landing Road
P.O. Box 6169
Novato, CA 94945
RE Carol Chulick, et al. v. Riley Power, Inc.; et al.
San Francisco County Superior Court Case No. CGC-19-276757
Our Client: FDCC California, Inc.
Dear Ms. Damaso:
We are in receipt of your correspondence of October 25, 2021, regarding the offer of depositions of plaintiffs'
expert witnesses in the above-referenced matter. On behalf of our client FDCC California, Inc., we hereby accept
the telephonic depositions of the following expert witnesses offered by plaintiffs in the case:
Charles Ay
Richard Cohen, M.D.
Robert Johnson/James Mills
Steven Compton, PhD.
Dr. Richard Sobonya
Dr. Daniel Raybin
Dr. Daniel Powers
We are declining the deposition of Dr. Brody provided that he is not going to provide any testimony specific to
this case.
Please be advised that our acceptance of the above depositions is contingent upon receiving your experts' notes,
reports and complete file no later than seventy-two (72) hours prior to their scheduled depositions. Materials
received later than seventy-two (72) hours prior to the scheduled date/time may require the deposition(s) to be
rescheduled.
Very truly yours,
Hiromi Nagayama
Paralegal
WFBM, LLP
HN:HN
CC All Counsel of Record
5776777.1
3860-38.128
WFBM.COM / One Sansome Street, Suite 1800, San Francisco, California 94104-4461
1 PROOF OF SERVICE
2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
3 I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the age of 18 and
not a party to the within action; my business address is 181 W. Huntington Drive, Suite 210, Monrovia,
4 CA 91016.
5 On January 21, 2022, I served the foregoing document described as: DECLARATION OF
NICOLE BROWN YUEN IN SUPPORT JOINT DEFENSE REPLY RE MOTION IN LIMINE
6 TO EXCLUDE 2007 FILMS AND THE TESTIMONY, OPINIONS AND/OR REPORTS OF
DR. DANIEL POWERS WHICH RELIED UPON THOSE FILMS on the interested parties in
7 this action by placing a true copy thereof enclosed in sealed envelope(s) addressed as follows:
8 Via File & ServeXpress Via File & ServeXpress
9 Alan R. Brayton, Esq.
David R. Donadio, Esq. ALL DEFENSE COUNSEL
10 DDonadio@braytonlaw.com
James P. Nevin, Esq.
11 Nancy Williams, Esq.
BRAYTON PURCELL LLP
12 Attorneys at Law
13 222 Rush Landing Road
P.O. Box 6169
14 Novato, CA 94948-6169
Telephone: (415) 898-1555
15 Attorneys for Plaintiff
16 (BY ELECTRONIC VERSION) Pursuant to San Francisco Court General Order No. 158,
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CCP 1010.6 and CRC 2.251, or pursuant to the Stipulation and Order Authorizing Electronic
17 Service, or by an agreement of the parties, I electronically e-served through File &
ServeXpress and caused the document(s) to be sent to the person(s) at the email addresses
18 designated on the Transaction Receipt located on the File & ServeXpress website. To the best
of my knowledge, at the time of the transmission, the transmission was reported as complete
19 and without error.
20 [STATE] I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the
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above is true and correct.
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DECLARATION OF NICOLE BROWN YUEN IN SUPPORT JOINT DEFENSE REPLY RE MIL TO EXCLUDE
2007 FILMS AND THE TESTIMONY, OPINIONS AND/OR REPORTS OF DR. DANIEL POWERS WHICH
RELIED UPON THOSE FILMS [JOINT DEFENSE MIL #2]