On December 17, 2010 a Hearing was filed involving a dispute between Ross, Jean, Ross, Robert, and Acco Engineered Systems, Inc., Advanced Mechanical, Advance Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Air Systems Mechanical Contractor, A & K Heating Company, Inc., Albay Construction Company, Allen-Simmons Heating & Sheet Metal Company Inc., Allied Fire Protection, Allied Sprinkler Company, Inc., Allsberry Mechanical Corporation, Anderson, Rowe & Buckley, Inc., Associated Insulation Of California, A. Teichert & Son, Inc., Balliet Bros. Construction Corporation, Banner Drywall & Painting Co. Inc., Barnes Construction Co., Bayer Cropscience Inc., Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Successor To Amchem, Bell Products Inc., Beta Mechanical Contractors, L.P., Bragg Investment Company, Inc., Cahill Construction Co., Inc., Cahill Construction Services, Inc., Cahill Contractors, Inc., California Drywall Co., Castro Construction, Inc., C.C. Moore & Co. Engineers, Cincinnati Valve Company, Cjr Plastering, Clausen-Patten, Inc., Clausen-Patten, Inc., A Dissolved Corporation, Climate Air, Inc., Climate Control Co., Inc., Collins Electrical Company, Inc., Commair Mechanical Services, Consolidated Insulation, Inc., Cosco Fire Protection, Inc., Cosco Sprinkler, Critchfield Mechanical, Inc., C & R Plastering, Inc., Csk Auto, Inc., Cupertino Electric, Inc., Delucchi Sheet Metal Works, Dilland Sederberg Plumbing, Does 1-8500, Domco Products Texas Inc., Domco Products Texas, L.P., Donovan Construction, Dorn Refrigeration, Dorn Refrigeration And Air Conditioning, Dpr Construction, Duro Dyne Corporation, D.W. Nicholson Corporation, D. Zelinsky & Sons, Inc., Emil J. Weber Electric Co., Erwin Mechanical Inc., Ex- Fme, Inc. (Fka Fischbach And Moore Electric,, Fairmont Hotel Company, Fluor Corporation, Foley Electric Co., Foley Electric, Inc., Fuller Floors, General Mills, Inc., Giampolini & Co., Graybar Electric Company, Inc., Hanson Permanente Cement, Inc. Formerly Known As, Harold Beasley Plumbing And Heating, Inc., Harry Lee Plumbing & Heating, H & C Investment Associates, Inc., Henry C. Beck Company, Imperial Plastering & Drywall, Insulation Specialties, Inc., James A. Nelson Co., Inc., Johnson Controls, Inc., Jones Plastering Company, Joseph Bruno Sheet Metal Co., Inc., J.T. Thorpe & Son, Inc., J.W. Mcclenahan Company, J.W. Mcclenahan Company, Inc., Kentile Floors, Inc., Laub Sheet Metal Works, Lone Star Industries, Inc., Mack Construction Co., Magee, Robert, Malm Metal Products, Inc., Marine Engineering And Supply Company, Marshco Auto Parts, Inc., Mattock Construction Company, Mcclure Electric, Inc., Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Michael Brothers, Midstate Mechanical, Inc., Mitchell Bros. Truck Lines, Inc., Monsanto Company, Sued As "Pharmacia Corporation", Oakfabco, Inc., Ortho-Craft, Pacific Fireproofing, Pacific Mechanical Corporation, Parker Insulation Contracting & Supply Co. Inc., Perini Corporation, Pharmacia Corporation, Which Will Do Business In, Pribuss Engineering, Pribuss Engineering, Inc., Raymond Interior Systems-North, Red Top Electric Co. Emeryville, Inc., Robert Magee, Rollie R. French, Inc., Rollins Construction, Rountree Plumbing & Heating Inc., Scott Co. Of California, S F L, Inc., S.J. Amoroso Construction Co., Inc., Slakey Brothers, Inc., Sugden Engineering Co., Swinerton Builders, Temper Insulation, Temporary Plant Cleaners, Inc., Texaco, Inc., The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, The W.W. Henry Company, Tuttle And Bailey Corp, Van Mulder Sheetmetal, Van-Mulder Sheet Metal, Inc., Walnut Creek Sheet Metal, Furnace & Air, W.C. Thomason, W.C. Thompson, Webcor Builders, Inc., Westburne Supply, Inc., Willard Electric, Wright Schuchart Harbor, Wright Schuchart Harbor Company, Ross, Jean, Ross, Robert, for civil in the District Court of San Francisco County.
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HAKE Law, 1 {| William M. Hake, Esq. (State Bar No. 110956) Duncan S. Lemmon, Esq. (State Bar No, 184414) ELECTRONICALLY 2 || Steven A. Kronenberg, Esq. (State Bar No. 215541) FILED HAKE LAW, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 3 || 655 Montgomery Street, Suite 1000 Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94111 4 || Tel: (415) 926-5800 FEB 22 2013 Fax: (415) 926-5801 Clerk of the Court 5 || bill@chakelaw.com BY: WESLEY G. RAMIREZ duncan@hakelaw.com Deputy Clerk steven@chakelaw.com 6 7 || Attorneys for Defendant BRAGG INVESTMENT COMPANY, INC. 8 9 SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 10 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO . 1 & ROBERT ROSS, et al., Case No.: CGC-10-275731 = 12 2 Plaintiffs, DEFENDANT BRAGG INVESTMENT = 13 vs. COMPANY, INC.S NOTICE OF & MOTION AND MOTION FOR = 14 || C.C, MOORE AND CO. ENGINEERS, etal, | SUMMARY JUDGMENT OR, g ALTERNATIVELY, SUMMARY 15 Defendants. ADJUDICATION 16 Filed Concurrently With: i7 1. Memorandum of Points and Authorities 2. Separate Statement of Undisputed 18 Material Facts 3. Declaration of Steven A. Kronenberg 19 4. Declaration of William C. Stockmar 5. Declaration of Khalil Sheibani, M.D. 20 6. Declaration of Robert W. Morgan, M.D. 7. [Proposed] Order Granting Motion for 21 Summary Judgment 8. Proof of Service 22 Date: May 9, 2013 23 Time: 9:30 a.m. Dept. 503 24 25 Wi 26 {fii 27 i 28 ~|- DEFENDANT BRAGG INVESTMENT COMPANY, INC.°S NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OR, ALTERNATIVELY, SUMMARY ADIUDICATIONHaAKE Law, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at the above-stated date, time, and location, Defendant Bragg Investment Company, Inc. (“Bragg”) will move for summary judgment or, alternatively, summary adjudication against Plaintiffs. Under Code Civ. Proc., sec. 437c, subds. (a), ((2), plaintiffs’ claims have no merit for two separate and independent reasons. First, Bragg owed no duty to plaintiffs, because the Bragg subsidiary that allegedly exposed plaintiff to asbestos did not even exist at the time of the alleged exposure. Berry v. San Francisco and North Pacific R. Co., 50 Cal. 435, 438 (1875). Second, and independently, Bragg did not cause plaintiff Robert Ross’s claimed colon cancer, because plaintiff cannot meet his shifted burden of proving, more likely than not, that exposure to asbestos caused this condition. Jones v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp., 163 Cal.App.3d 396, 402-403 (1985). This motion is based on this Notice and Motion and the accompanying Memorandum of Points and Authorities, Separate Statement of Undisputed Material Facts, and Declarations of Steven A. Kronenberg, William C. Stockmar, Khalil Sheibani, M.D., and Robert W. Morgan, M.D., as well as the records, files, and discovery of this case, any matters of which the Court takes judicial notice, and the oral arguments, if any, presented at the hearing. A proposed order has been filed herewith. Respectfully submitted, Dated: February 21, 2013 HAKE LAW, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION By: William M. Hake, Esq. Duncan S. Lemmon, Esq. Steven A. Kronenberg, Es Attorneys for Defendant BRAGG INVESTMENT COMPANY, INC. -2- DEFENDANT BRAGG INVESTMENT COMPANY, INC."S NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OR, ALTERNATIVELY, SUMMARY ADJUDICATION