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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~ ow DH .° 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Stephen J. Foley © SBN 220752 Dennis M. Young SBN 121178 Roger D. Yuen SBN 221243 FOLEY & MANSFIELD, PLLP ELECTRONICALLY 300 Lakeside Drive, Suite 1900 FILED Oakland, CA 94612 Superior Court of Califosnia, Telephone: (510) 590-9500 County of San Francisto Facsimile: (510) 590-9595 FEB 21 201 E-mail: ryuen@foleymansfield.com Clerk of the Cou BY: CAROL BALISTRERE Attorneys for Defendant Deputy |Clerk LONE STAR INDUSTRIES, INC. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO ROBERT ROSS and JEAN ROSS, Case No: CGC-10-275731 Plaintiffs, *Asbestos-Related Case” vs. DEFENDANT LONE STAR INDUSTRIES, INC.’S NOTICE OF MOTION AND C.C. MOORE & CO. ENGINEERS, et al., MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, OR| IN THE ALTERNATIVE, SUMMARY Defendants. ADJUDICATION Date: May 9, 2013 Time: 9:30 a.m. Dept.: 303 Judge: Hon. Teri L. Jackson Complaint Filed: December 17, 2010 Trial Date: June 10, 2013 TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD HEREIN: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on May 9, 2013 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in Department 503 of the Superior Court of California for the County of San Francisco, Defendant LONE STAR INDUSTRIES, INC. (hereinafter “LST”’) will hereby move this Court for summary judgment, or in the alternative, summary adjudication, pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 437c on the following grounds: ad Plaintiffs ROBERT ROSS and JEAN ROSS (“Plaintiffs”) will be unable to present competent evidence establishing a triable issue of material fact and lack any evidence establishing that Mr. Ross was actually exposed to respirable asbestos fibers attributable to an 1 DEFENDANT LONE STAR INDUSTRIES, INC.’S NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, SUMMARY ADJUDICATION~ ow DH .° 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 LSI product. (2) Plaintiffs’ Causes of Action for Negligence and Strict Liability Fail as a matter of law as they cannot establish that Mr. Ross was exposed to respirable asbestos fibers to a product attributable to LSI. (3) Plaintiff's employer, as well as Plaintiff himself, are sophisticated users, and, as such, any cause of action relating to failure to warn is precluded against LSI. (4) Plaintiffs’ cause of action for loss of consortium fails as a matter of law as Plaintiffs cannot establish a triable issue of material fact as to any of their causes of actions. (5) There is no evidence, much less “clear and convincing” evidence, that LSI acted with oppression, malice, or fraud to warrant an award of punitive damages. This Motion is based upon this Notice of Motion, the supporting Memorandum of Points and Authorities, the Separate Statement of Undisputed Material Facts, the Declaration of Roger D. Yuen, the Court’s files and record herein, any and all exhibits produced during the pleading stages of this Motion, and all oral and documentary evidence, if any, produced before or at the hearing of this Motion. DATED: February 21, 2013 FOLEY & MANSFIELD, PLLP By: Ae a Stephen J. Foley Dennis M. Young Roger D. Yuen Attorneys for Defendant LONE STAR INDUSTRIES, INC, 2 DEFENDANT LONE STAR INDUSTRIES, INC.’S NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, SUMMARY ADJUDICATION