Hearing: HAROLD KOEPKE et al VS. FORD MOTOR COMPANY et al

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                                Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood

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Joseph Satterley, Esq. (C.S.B. #286890)
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Carole Bosch, Esq. (C.S.B. # 239790) ELECTRONICALLY

CBosch@kazanlaw.com FILED
KAZAN, McCLAIN, SATTERLEY & GREENWOOD Superior C oe
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A Professional Law Corporation County of San Francisco
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55 Harrison Street, Suite 400

Oakland, California 94607 Clerk of the Court
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

HAROLD KOEPKE and NANCY KARIDIS- Case No. CGC13276217
KOEPKE,
PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF MOTION
Plaintiffs, AND MOTION FOR PREFERENCE
(C.C.P. § 36(a), (d) and (f)

vs.
Filed Concurrently with Memorandum of
Points and Authorities; Declaration of Ian C.
Anderson M.D., Declaration of Carole M.
Defendants. Bosch

Date: February 18, 2014
Time: 9:00 a.m.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, ef al.,

Dept.: 503
Action Filed: December 3, 2013
Trial Date: None to date

TO ALL DEFENDANTS AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on February 18, 2014, at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as
the matter may be heard in Department 503 of the above-entitled court, plaintiffs Harold Koepke
and Nancy Karidis Koepke will move the Court for an order under Code of Civil Procedure
(C.C.P.”) Sections 36(a), (d) and (f) to advance this case to a preferential and definite trial date
120 days therefrom as provided by law.

This motion is made on the following grounds:

1. Plaintiff Harold Koepke is 74 years of age. (Declaration of treating oncologist Ian

C. Anderson, M.D. at { 4.) He suffers from advanced malignant mesothelioma, a terminal cancer

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caused by asbestos exposure for which there is no cure. (/d., see also Exhibits B and C, Surgical
Pathology Reports.) He was first diagnosed on or about July 27, 2013. id.

2. Mr. Koepke’s treating oncologist, Ian C. Anderson, M.D., opines, to a reasonable
degree of medical certainty, that Mr. Koepke’s mesothelioma raises a substantial medical doubt
that he will survive more than four to six months beyond the date of the declaration. (Anderson
Declaration at 425.) In addition, as the illness progresses, he will become less able to attend trial
and participate meaningfully in litigation. (dd. at {| 26.)

3. Mr. Koepke has a substantial interest in the case. He contends he developed
mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos in defendants’ products and their failure to warn
him of the health hazards inherent in exposure to asbestos, including the risk of mesothelioma.
Given the severity of the disease, there is a very real risk that Mr. Koepke will die before his
action is tried. His ability to seek recovery for his personal pain and suffering will be extinguished
upon his death. As a result, preference is necessary to prevent prejudicing his interest in the
litigation.

4. The interests of justice will be served by granting preference and advancing this
case for trial because without such an order and the setting of an expeditious trial date, Mr.
Koepke will have no meaningful opportunity to see his case to resolution during his lifetime as
intended by the legislature in passing the applicable statute, C.C.P. §36.

5. Mr. Koepke filed his Complaint for Persona! Injury on December 3, 2013.
(Declaration of Carole M. Bosch, § 2.) All essential parties have been served with process or have

appeared. (/d. at § 3.)

6. Mr. Koepke’s deposition is scheduled to begin on January 23, 2014. (dd. at 44.)

7. All of Mr, Koepke’s relevant, non-privileged medical, billing, social security,
union, and employment records have been produced to defendants, and authorizations for the
release of these records have been provided to Berry & Berry. (id. at § 5.)

8. Plaintiffs’ responses to Standard Interrogatories, Personal Injury and Friction, and
Standard Requests for Production were served on December 26, 2013, January 13, 2014 and
January 14, 2014 respectively. (/d. at | 6.)

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Taken together, this evidence establishes Mr. Koepke is over 70 years of age and there
exists substantial medical doubt of his survival beyond four to six months from the date of Dr.
Anderson’s Declaration. Granting this trial preference will increase the chance that trial will
commence and complete while Mr. Koepke is still alive. The evidence further establishes
defendants will not be deprived of a meaningful opportunity for discovery.

This motion is based on this Notice; the Memorandum of Points and Authorities; the
Declaration of Ian C. Anderson, M.D.; the Declaration of Carole M. Bosch; the pleadings, records
and files pertaining to this matter; and such further evidence and argument as may be presented at
the hearing on this matter.

DATED: January 17, 2014 Respectiully submitted,

KAZAN, McCLAIN, SATTERLEY & GREENWOOD
A Professional Law Corporation

Carole Bosch

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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PROOF OF SERVICE

Re: Harold Koepke & Nancy Karidis-Koepke v Ford Motor Company, et al.
San Francisco Superior Court Case No. CGC13-276217

I declare that, | am employed in the County of Alameda, State of California, I am over the
age of 18 years and not a party to the within action. My business address is 55 Harrison Street,
Suite 400, Oakland, California 94607. On the date stated below, I caused the following
document(s) to be served:

PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR PREFERENCE (C.C.P.
§36(a), (d), and (f)); MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN
SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PREFERENCE (C.C.P. §36(a), (d),
and (f)); DECLARATION OF IAN C. ANDERSON, M.D.; DECLARATION OF
CAROLE M. BOSCH IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PREFERENCE (C.C.P.
§36(a), (d), and (£)); [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION
FOR PREFERENCE (C.C.P. §36(a), (d), and ()

by transmitting a true copy TO:

COUNSEL OF RECORD
[SEE ATTACHED LIST]

via the following method:
XX (By File & Serve Xpress Electronic Service) The document(s) was/were

transmitted by electronic service through the File & Serve Xpress System

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on
January 17, 2014, at Oakland, California. :

OIA
Marion ValdezSERVICE LIST CASE: Koepke, Harold and Nancy [NE 1512] ACTION #: CGC13276217 January 17,2014 2:59 PM

BECHERER, KANNETT & SCHWEITZER PH: (510) 658-3600
1255 Powell Street, , Emeryville, CA 94608-2604 FAX: (510) 658-1151
FOR; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS,

INC.sii/paeet CONTINENTAL TEVES, INC

BERRY & BERRY PH: {S10} 835-8330
P.O. Box 16070, Oakland, CA 94610 PAX: (510) 835-5117
FOR: DESIGNATED DEFENSE COUNSEL

BRYDON, HUGO & PARKER PH: (415) 808-0300
135 Main Street, 20th Ploor, San Francisco, CA 94105 FAX: (415) 808-0333

FOR; COOPER INDUSTRIES, LLC; COOPER INDUSTRIES, LLC sii/pac/et of ABEX CORPORATION:
COOPER INDUSTRIES. LLC sii/pae/et of PNEUMO ABEX, LLC; PNEUMO ABEX LLC; PNEUMO ABEX LLC
sii/pae/et ABEX CORPORATION; TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., INC.

BURNHAM BROWN PH: (S510) 444-6806
190} Harrison Street, 11th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612 PAX: (510) 835-6666
FOR; BORG WARNER MORSE TEC INC.; BORG WARNER MORSE TEC INC sii/pae/et of BORG WARNER
CORPORATION

CARROLL, BURDICK & MCDONOUGH PH: (415) 989-5900
44 Montgomery Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94104 FAX: (415) 989-0932
FOR; VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC

COUNSEL UNKNOWN
FOR: A.B.C, MOBILE SYSTEMS; A.B.C. MOBILE SYSTEMS sii/pac/et ASSOC BRAKE CO & WESTERN
STATES BRAKE; BURLINGAME AUTO SUPPLY; DON L. MORRIS, INC.; FOLSOM AUTO SUPPLY, LES
VOGEL CHEVROLET COMPANY

COUNSEL UNKNOWN
FOR: MORTON INTERNATIONAL, LLC fka MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC.

COUNSEL UNKNOWN
FOR: MORTON INTL LLC fka MORTAN INTL INC sii pae et THIOKOL CORPORATION

COUNSEL UNKNOWN
FOR: ROX AUTOMOTIVE

COUNSEL UNKNOWN
FOR: SPECIALTY FOREIGN AUTO PARTS, INC.; SPECIALTY FOREIGN AUTO PARTS,INC sii pac et
SPECIALTY FORE AUTO PARTS, UNIVERSITY DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

COUNSEL UNKNOWN
FOR: UNIVERSITY DISTRIBUTORS, INC., sii/pac/et DON L. MORRIS, INC.

COUNSEL UNKNOWN
FOR; W, BERRY HURLEY CORPORATION, d.b.a. FEDERAL AUTO PARTS

GORDON & REES LLP PH: 415-986-5900
275 Battery Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94111 FAX: 415-986-8054
FOR: THE BUDD COMPANY

HASSARD BONNINGTON, PH: (415) 288-9800
2 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1800, San Francisco, CA 94111 FAX: (415) 288-9802

FOR: FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.sii/pae/et JOHN BEAN AUTO EQUIP SERV
DIV OF FMC

JACKSON JENKINS RENSTROM LLP PH: (415) 982-3600
55 Francisco Street, Sixth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94133 PAX: 415-982-3700
FOR: H.M. ROYAL, INC.

KEESAL, YOUNG & LOGAN PH: (415) 398-6000
450 Pacific Avenue, , San Francisco, CA 94133 FAX: (415) 981-0136

FOR: LEAR SIEGLER DIVERSIFIED HOLDINGS CORP.; LEAR SIEGLER DIVERSIFIED HOLDINGS CORP.SERVICE LIST CASE: Koepke, Harold and Nancy [NE 1512]
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LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP
221 N, Figueroa Street, Suite 1300, Los Angeles, CA 90012
FOR: AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. INC.

LOMBARDI, LOPER & CONANT
1999 Harrison Street, Suite 2600, Oakland, CA 94612-3541]
FOR: THE HERTZ CORPORATION

McKENNA, LONG & ALDRIDGE
One Market Plaza, Spear Tower, 24th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
FOR: KELSEY-HAYES COMPANY

NIXON PEABODY LLP
One Embacadero Cemter, 18th Floor, San Francisco, CA 9411
FOR: FORD MOTOR COMPANY, SHELL OIL COMPANY

POND NORTH
350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 3300, Los Angeles, CA 90071

FOR: BELL INDUSTRIES; BELL INDUSTRIES INC. sii/pae/et ROX AUTOMOTIVE; GENUINE PARTS

COMPANY; NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE PARTS ASSOCIATION

SEMPER LAW GROUP, LLP
330 N, Brand Bivd., Suite 650, Glendale, CA 91203

ACTION #: CGC13276217

FOR: PARKER HANNIFEN CORPsii pac ct EIS BRAKE&IND AUTO ASSOC dba CALL-BLOCK;

PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION

STEPTOE & JOHNSON
633 West Fitth Street, Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 90071
FOR: METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

TARKINGTON, O'NEILL, BARRACK & CHONG
100 Stony Point Road, Suite 270, Santa Rosa, CA 95401

FOR: BELNORTEL CORPORATION dba A.B.C. MOBILE BRAKE OF SAN FRANCISCO

THOMPSON & KNIGHT
650 California Street, Fifth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108

FOR: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. fka ALLIED SIGNAL, INC./sii/BENDIX CORP

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