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  • ROBERT ROSS et al VS. C.C. MOORE & CO. ENGINEERS ASBESTOS document preview
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BryDON,
HUGO & PARKER
135 MAINSTREET
20 FLOOR
San Francisco, CA 94205,

Edward R. Hugo [Bar No. 124839}
P.M Bessette [Bar No. 127588]

Josette D. Johnson [Bar Nb. 195977]
BRYDON HUGO & PARKER ELECTRONICALLY
135 Main Street, 20th Floor FILED
San Francisco, CA 94105 Superior Court of California,
Telephone: (415) 808-0300 County of San Francisco
Facsimile: (415) 808-0333 FEB 20 2013
Email: service@bhplaw.com Clerk of the Court
Attorneys for Defendant BY: ALISON aoe puty Clerk
RO EE PLUMBING & HEATING, INC.
SUPERIOR COURT - STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO - UNLIMITED JURISDICTION
ROBERT ROSS and JEAN ROSS, (ASBESTOS)
Case No. CGC-10-275731
Plaintiffs,
vs. DECLARATION OF JOSETTE D.

JOHNSON IN SUPPORT OF

C.C. MOORE & CO. ENGINEERS, et al., | ROUNTREE PLUMBING & HEATING,
INC’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY
Defendants. JUDGMENT, OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE,
SUMMARY ADJUDICATION

[Filed Concurrently With Notice of Motion;
Memorandum of Points and Authorities;
Separate Statement; Request for Judicial
Notice; Declaration of Josette D. Johnson]

Date: May 9, 2013

Time: 9:30 a.m.

Dept: 503

Judge: Hon. Teri L. Jackson

Complaint Filed: | December 17, 2010
Trial Date: June 10, 2013

L JOSETTE D. JOHNSON, declare as follows:

1. Lam an attorney licensed to practice before all the courts of the State of
California and am a senior associate with the law firm of Brydon Hugo & Parker, attorneys
of record for Defendant Rountree Plumbing & Heating, Inc. in the above-referenced matter.
Ihave personal knowledge of the facts stated herein, or have gained such knowledge from

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DECLARATION OF JOSETTE D. JOHNSON IN SUPPORT OF ROUNTREE PLUMBING & HEATING, INC'S
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BryDON,
HUGO & PARKER
135 MAINSTREET
20 FLOOR
San Francisco, CA 94205,

my review of the records and documents maintained in our file in the regular course of

business and, if called as a witness, I could and would testify competently thereto.

2. Attached hereto as
Amended Complaint.
3. Attached hereto as

Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of Plaintiff’s Third

Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of request for dismissal

of plaintiffs’ false representation and punitive damages claims.

4. Attached hereto as

Interrogatories to Plaintiffs (Set One).

5. Attached hereto as

Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of Rountree’s Special

Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of Plaintiff's Response

to Defendant Rountree’s Special Interrogatories, Set One.

6. Attached hereto as

Exhibit E is a true and correct copy of pertinent portions of

plaintiff Robert Ross's transcript of deposition in the matter of Robert Ross v. Asbestos

Defendants, San Francisco County

7. Attached hereto as

Superior Court, case number 274099,

Exhibit F is a true and correct copy of pertinent portions of

plaintiff Robert Ross’s transcript of deposition in this action.

8. Attached hereto as

of the transcript of deposition of

Exhibit G is a true and correct copy of pertinent portions

Robert Cantley taken in the matter of Robert Ross v.

Asbestos Defendants, San Francisco County Superior Court, case number 274099.

9. Attached hereto as

Exhibit

H is a true and correct copy of Declaration of

Howard Spielman and exhibits thereto, filed in Eugene Millard v. Associated Insulation of

California, Superior Court of the County

10. Attached hereto as

deposition of Stephen Steele, taken in

the County of San Francisco, case No.

11. Attached hereto as

Exhibit

Exhibit

of San Francisco, case No. CGC-09-275091.

is a true and correct copy of transcript of

Sylvia Currier v. Asbestos Defendants, Superior Court of

CGC-06-454323, dated August 21, 2009.

is a true and correct copy of declaration of

Richard Cohen filed by plaintiff in Betty Peterson, et al., v. Associated Insulation of California, et

al., Superior Court of the County of San Francisco, case No. CGC-10-275498.

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DECLARATION OF JOSETTE D. JOHNSON IN SUPPORT OF ROUNTREE PLUMBING & HEATING, INC'S
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BryDON,
HUGO & PARKER
135 MAINSTREET
20 FLOOR
San Francisco, CA 94205,

12. Attached hereto as Exhibit K is a true and correct copy of declaration of
Richard Cohen filed by plaintiff in John Casey et al., v. Asbestos Defendants, Superior Court of
the County of San Francisco, case No. CGC-10-275517.

13. Attached hereto as Exhibit L is a true and correct copy of Order granting
Robertshaw Controls Company’s motion for summary judgment in the matter of Eugene
Millard v, Asbestos Defendants, Superior Court of the County of San Francisco, case No.
CGC-09-275091, finding that sophisticated user defense is applicable. The court’s order
implicitly finds that plaintiff Millard, and his union, Asbestos Workers local 16 in San
Francisco, were sophisticated users of asbestos.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the

foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on February 20, 2013, at San Francisco, Califomia.

osgtte D. Johnson

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DECLARATION OF JOSETTE D. JOHNSON IN SUPPORT OF ROUNTREE PLUMBING & HEATING, INC'S
MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, SUMMARY ADJUDICATION