On December 17, 2010 a Motion,Ex Parte 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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Gordon & Rees LLP. Embarcadero Center West 275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94111 zB 28 GOODI061474/120415760.4 MICHAEL J. PIETRYKOWSKI (SBN: 118677) mpietrykowski@gordonrees.com KATHRYN J. LAPFEVERS (SBN: 252003) klafevers@gordonress.com ‘ GORDON & REES ITP ELECTRONICALLY Embarcadero Center West FILED 275 Battery Street, Twentieth Floor Superior Court of California, San Francisco, CA 94111 ' County of San Francisco Telephone: (415) 986-5900 MAR 23 2012 Facsimile: (415) 986-8054 Clerk of the Court : BY: VANESSA WU Attorneys for Defendant Deputy Clerk THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. ROBERT ROSS and JEAN ROSS, CASE NO, CGC-10-275731 DEFENDANT THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY'S JOINDER IN OPPOSITION OF DEFENDANTS A. TEICHERT & SON, INC., ROUNTREE PLUMBING & HEATING, INC., SWINERTON BUILDERS, DOMCO PRODUCTS TEXAS INC. and H&C. INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE ACTIONS AND. CONTINUE TRIAL DATE Plaintiffs, ve C. C. MOORE & CO. ENGINEERS, et al. Defendants. Date: April 2, 2012 Time: 9:30 a.m. Dept.: 503 Judge: Hon. Teri L. Jackson Trial Date: Not -Yet Set bo Net ee a NN ee Ne Ne TO ALL PARTIES AND-THEIR RESPECTIVE ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: Defendant THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY. (GOODYEAR”) hereby joins and adopts, as its. own, Defendants A. Teichert & Son, Inc., Rountree Plumbing & Heating, Inc., Swinerton Builders, Domco Products Texas Inc.’s, and H&C Investment Associates, Inc.’s (collectively “Moving Party”) Opposition to Plaintiffs Robert.and Jean Ross’ (collectively “Plaintiffs”). Motion to Consolidate Actions and Continue the Trial Date and the related 1 DEFENDANT THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY'S JOINDERGordon & Rees LLP Embarcadero Center West 275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94115 Ww Bw Moe DS wo SD 10 Oe ec MD A BB YW Ph 20 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 memorandum of points and authorities, declarations, attachments and other supporting evidence thereto and all other evidence as may be presented in atthe hearing on this matter, as-if fully set forth herein. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that Goodyear intends to proceed with the Opposition as noticed if Moving Party withdraws its Notice or is no longer.a party to this action on the scheduled date. This Joinder is made.on the grounds that the arguments set forth in Moving Party’s Opposition applies equally to Goodyear. ‘Additionally, Goodyear advises this Court that it was not named as a defendant in Robert Ross v. Asbestos Defendants (San Francisco County Superior Court case number CGC-07-274099).. Further, Plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed claims arising from the May 2009 diagnosis of asbestosis and asbestos-related pleural disease as.against. _ Goodyear in November 2011 in exchange for Goodyear’s withdrawal of'a previously filed motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs’ motion to consolidate is an attempt at an end-run around Code of Civil Procedure section 583.310.(the “five-year” statute) in a case that Goodyear is not, and never has been, a party to; and the voluntary dismissal of the aforementioned claims against. Goodyear ~ and should not, therefore, be sanctioned by this Court. The factual and legal arguments made in Moving Party’s Oppositions apply equally to Goodyear to support a denial of Plaintiffs’ further motion to consolidate once-and-for-all. DATED: March 23, 2012 i GORDON & REES LLP aia << Attorneys fot hed THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY 2 DEFENDANT THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY'S JOINDERDeo Ne pth tet BS WB Ne a San Francisco, CA 94111 A Gordon & Rees LLP 275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 RRR BBLS Sea Ny a 28 AIMA/1056004120679380 1 PROOF OF SERVICE ROBERT ROSS AND JEAN ROSS V. C:C. MOORE & CO. ENGINEERS SAN FRANCISCO SUPERIOR COURT'CASE NUMBER CGC-10-275731 Lam a resident of the State of California, over the'age of eighteen years, and not a party to the within action, My business address is: Gordon & Rees LLP 275 Battery Street, Suite 2000, San Franciseo, CA 94111. On March 23, 2012.1 served the within documents: DEFENDANT THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY'S JOINDER IN OPPOSITION OF DEFENDANTS A. TEICHERT & SON, INC., ROUNTREE PLUMBING & HEATING, INC., SWINERTON BUILDERS, DOMCO PRODUCTS TEXAS INC, and H&C INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES, INC” TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE ACTIONS AND CONTINUE TRIAL DATE oO by transmitting via facsimile the document(s) listed above to the fax number(s) set. forth below on this-date before 5:00 p.m. by. personally having Nationwide Legal, Inc. delivery the document(s) listed above to the person(s) at the address(es) set forth, below. Oo o by placing the document(s) listed above in a sealed envelope with postage. thereon fully prepaid, in United States mail in the State of California at San Francisco, addressed as. set forth below. by transmitting via LEXISNEXIS the decument listed above to the party.set forth below-.on this date before 5:00 p.m. BRAYTON*:PURCELL 222 Rush Landing Road Novato, CA. 94948 Tele: 415-898-1555 Plaintiffs’ Counsel All Defense Counsel Tam readily familiar with the firm’s practice of collection and processing correspondence| for mailing. Under that practice it would be deposited with the U.S. Postal Service on that same day with postage thereon fully prepaid in the ordinary course of business. Iam aware that on motion of the party served, service is. presumed invalid if postal cancellation date or postage meter date is more than one day after the date of deposit-for mailing in affidavit. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the’State of California that the above is true and correct. Proof of Service