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  • ROBERT ROSS et al VS. C.C. MOORE & CO. ENGINEERS ASBESTOS document preview
  • ROBERT ROSS et al VS. C.C. MOORE & CO. ENGINEERS ASBESTOS document preview
  • ROBERT ROSS et al VS. C.C. MOORE & CO. ENGINEERS ASBESTOS document preview
  • ROBERT ROSS et al VS. C.C. MOORE & CO. ENGINEERS ASBESTOS document preview
						
                                

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HAKE Law, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION oo “le | DECLARATION OF WILLIAM C. STOCKMAR IN SUPPORT GF BRAGG INVESTMENT COMPANY'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY 1 William M. Hake, Esq. (State Bar No. 110956) Duncan S. Lemmon, Esq. (State Bar No. 184414) Steven A. Kronenberg, Esq. (State Bar No. 215541) FILE HAKE LAW, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 655 Montgomery Street, Suite 1000 ELECTRONICALLY Superior Court of California, County of San Franctsco San Francisco, CA 94111 FEB 22 2013 Tel: (415) 926-5800 Clerk of the Court Fax: (415) 926-5801 BY: WESLEY G. RAMIREZ Depuly Clerk Attorneys for Defendant BRAGG INVESTMENT COMPANY, INC. SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO ROBERT ROSS, et al., Case No.: CGC-10-275731 Plaintiffs, DECLARATION OF WILLIAM C. vs. STOCKMAR IN SUPPORT OF BRAGG INVESTMENT COMPANY’S MOTION FO! C.C. MOORE AND CO. ENGINEERS, et al., | SUMMARY JUDGMENT/ADJUDICATION Defendants. Complaint: December 17, 2010 Trial Date: June 10, 2013 Date: May 9, 2013 Time: 9:30 a.m. Dept. 503 I, William C. Stockmar, declare: 1. Tam the President of Stockmar International, Inc., a California corporation (“Stockmar”), All of the matters stated herein are personally known to me and if called as a witness, I could and would testify thereto. 2. T have been an officer of Stockmar since 1974, without interruption, to date. Based on my executive duties with Stockmar and review of corporate documents in the company’s possession, | am familiar with the organization of the corporation, which was incorporated in the State of California on March 9, 1972 by my father, Robert A. Stockmar. 3. On September 10, 1974, my father incorporated Bay Western Industrial Maintenance, Inc. (“Bay Western”) as a subsidiary of Stockmar, issuing 80 percent of its stock to} The Robert A. and Katherine K. Stockmar Living Trust, 10 percent to my sister, Linda Stockmar] and the other 10 percent to myself. 1 was an officer of Bay Western from shortly after it was JUDGMENT ADJUDICATIONincorporated in 1974 to the date Bay Western was sold to Bragg, as set forth below. [am familiar with Bay Western based on my executive duties with the company and obtaining and reviewing Bay Western’s corporate documents. 4, When Bay Western was incorporated on September 10, 1974, its existence was funded by capital received from the Robert A. and Katherine K. Stockmar Living Trust. Bay Western was not formed as a result of'a merger of any entities, nor have any entities ever been merged into Bay Western from the date of its incorporation to the date it was sold to Bragg as set forth below. Bay Western did not operate under any other name or as any other business entity prior to the date of its incorporation. Bay Western never purchased the assets or assumed the liabilities of any other corporation, partnership, or business entity from the date of its incorporation to the date it was sold to Bragg. 5. On August 20, 1987, Bragg Petro-Chem Services, Inc., a California corporation, agreed to purchase all of the issued and outstanding stock of Bay Western from Stockmar, with an effective date of June 1, 1987. Bragg Petro-Chem Services, Inc., was merged into Bragg Investment Company, Inc., on August 31, 1988. 6. Neither Stockmar nor Bay Western ever directed, supervised, or used the employees of other contracting companies or refinery personnel. Neither Stockmar nor Bay Western ever supplied any such personnel with any instructions, directions, or equipment. 7. Neither Stockmar nor Bay Western ever manufactured, sold, distributed, or supplied asbestos containing materials or products under any name or under any circumstances. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct, and that this declaration was executed on this Alay of February 2013 at Ge gh , California, L C. STOCKMAR