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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Becherer Kannett & Schweitzer 1255 Powell St. Emeryville, CA 94608 510-658-3600 - Oo won nun fF oO ND 10 Mark S. Kannett, SBN 104572 Pau! S, Lecky, SBN 154480 Lysle J. Kapp, SBN 223907 ELECTRONICALLY BECHERER KANNETT & SCHWEITZER 1255 Powell Street FILED Emeryville, CA 94608-2604 Superior Court of California, Telephone: (510) 658-3600 County of San Francisco Facsimile: (510) 658-1151 OCT 27 2011 Clerk of the Court Attorneys Defendant BY: RAYMOND K. WONG JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC., Deputy Clerk SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO ROBERT ROSS and JEAN ROSS CASE NO. CGC-10-275731 Plaintiffs, DEFENDANT JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.’S JOINDER TO TEMPORARY vs. PLANT CLEANERS’ MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS’ CLAIMS ARISING C.C. MOORE & CO. ENGINEERS; FROM THE ALLEGED ASBESTOSIS, Defendants as Reflected on Exhibit 1 attached ASBESTOS-RELATED PLEURAL to the Summary Complaint herein; and DOES DISEASE, AND OTHER LUNG INJURIES 1-8500. Date: November 17, 2011 Defendants. Time: 9:30 a.m. Dept.: 503 Judge: Hon. Terri L. Jackson TO ALL PARTIES AND TO THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Defendant, Johnson Controls, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “JCI"), hereby joins in Defendant, Temporary Plant Cleaners, Inc.'s (" TPC") Notice of Motion and Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Claims Arising from the Alleged Asbestosis, Asbestos-Related Pleural Disease and Other Lung injuries ("Motion"), and related memorandum of points and authorities, declarations, attachments and other supporting evidence thereto, and all other evidence as may be presented in reply to plaintiffs' opposition and at the hearing on this matter, as if set forth fully herein. DEFENDANT JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.’S JOINDER TO TEMPORARY PLANT CLEANERS, INC. MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS’ CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE ALLEGED ASBESTOSIS, ASBESTOS-RELATED PLEURAL DISEASE, AND OTHER LUNG INJURIES .Becherer Kannett & Schweitzer 1258 Powell St. Emeryville, CA ‘94608 510-658-3600 oMOntanr wow NY YN NNN SF RB Be ee eB eB se Bon fF 6 © MANA aA BOND HF OO 25 This Joinder is made on the grounds that the arguments set forth in Defendant TPC's Motion apply equally to JCI. The legal doctrine prohibiting splitting a cause of action, raised in TPC's moving papers, applies equally to JCI to support dismissal Plaintiffs' claims for asbestosis, asbestos-related disease, and other lung injuries from Plaintiffs’ 2010 Complaint. This Joinder is further made upon the complete files and record of this action, and upon any further oral or documentary evidence that may be presented by JCI at the hearing of this motion. Dated: oxtorer ZA 2011 BECHERER KANNETT & SCHWEITZER By: Paul S. Lang Attomeys for Defendant Johnson Controls, Inc. 2 DEFENDANT JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC,'S JOINDER TO TEMPORARY PLANT CLEANERS, INC. MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS’ CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE ALLEGED ASBESTOSIS, ASBESTOS-RELATED PLEURAL DISEASE, AND OTHER LUNG INJURIESBecherer Kannett & Schweitzer 1255 Powell SL Emeryville, CA, 94608 510-658-3600 1 o on An Ff WwW DN YyNN NY NNN DNDN BB Bee ee Be ee ©orXanaak &©NSF GO BNA HA YH NH OO PROOF OF SERVICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION |, Sonjua R. Fisher, declare that | am, and was at the time of service of the documents herein teferred to, over the age of 18 years, and not a party fo the action; and | am employed in the County of Alameda, State of California. My business address is 1255 Powell Street, Emeryville, California 94608. On October 27, 2011, | electronically served the document(s) via LexisNexis File & Serve described as: e DEFENDANT JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.’S JOINDER TO TEMPORARY PLANT CLEANERS’ MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS’ CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE ALLEGED ASBESTOSIS, ASBESTOS-RELATED PLEURAL DISEASE, AND OTHER LUNG INJURIES on the recipients designated on the Transmission Receipt located on the LexisNexis File & Serve website. | declare under penalty of perjury pursuant to the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct and that this declaration was executed-on October 27, 2011, at Emeryville, California. PROOF OF SERVICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION