On December 17, 2010 a Motion-Secondary 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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LAW OFFICES OF COOLEY MANION JONES HAKE Kurowski LLP William M. Hake, Esq. (State Bar No. 110956) Joanna L. Drozd, Esq. (State Bar No.253707) COOLEY MANION JONES HAKE KUROWSKI LLP ELECTRONICALLY 201 Spear Street, Suite 1800 FILED San Francisco, CA 94105 Superior Court of California, Tel: (415) 512-4381 County of San Francisco Fax: (415) 512-6791 . FEB 03 2011 Attorneys for Defendant aClerk of the, Court COLLINS ELECTRICAL COMPANY, INC. Deputy Clerk IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO ROBERT ROSS AND JEAN ROSS, Case No. CGC-10-275731 Plaintiffs, DECLARATION OF JOANNA L. DROZD IN SUPPORT OF COLLINS Vv. ELECTRICAL COMPANY, INC.’S MOTION TO STRIKE PORTIONS OF ASBESTOS DEFENDANTS (B¢P), PLAINTIFFS’ COMPLAINT Defendants. enean Hearing Date: March 3, 2011 Time: 9:30 a.m. Dept.: 220 Complaint Filed: December 17, 2010 Trial Date: TBD I, Joanna 1. Drozd, declare as follows: 1. Tam an attorney licensed to practice Jaw in the State of California and an associate of the law firm Cooley Manion Jones Hake Kurowski LLP, attorneys of record for Defendant COLLINS ELECTRICAL COMPANY, INC. (“COLLINS”). I have personal knowledge of each fact stated in this declaration and, if called upon to testify, could and would competently testify thereto. 2. A true and correct copy of Plaintiff's Complaint for Personal Injury — Asbestos, filed on March 5, 2007, in Robert Ross vy. Asbestos Defendants, San Francisco County Superior Court, Case No. CGC-07-274099, is attached to the Request for Judicial Notice in Support of -1- DECLARATION Of JOANNA L, DROZD fN SUPPORT OF COLLINS ELECTRICAL COMPANY, INC.’S MOTION TO STRIKE PORTIONS OF PLAINTIFFS’ COMPLAINTLAW OFFICES OF COOLEY MANION JONES HAKE KuxowskI LLP Co wo UD 10 u 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2 23 24 25 26 27 28 Collins Electrical Company, Inc.’s Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiffs’ Complaint (hereinafter “Collins’s RIN”) as Exhibit A. 3. A true and correct copy of the Amendment to Complaint, filed December 27, 2007, in Robert Ross v. Asbestos Defendants, San Francisco County Superior Court, Case No. CGC-07-274099, is attached to Collins’s RJN as Exhibit B. 4. A true and correct copy of the Amendment to Complaint, filed May 8, 2008, in Robert Ross v. Asbestos Defendants, San Francisco County Superior Court, Case No. CGC-07- 274099, is attached to Collins’s RIN as Exhibit C. 5. A true and correct copy of excerpts from Plaintiff's Supplemental/Amended Responses to Interrogatories, served May 27, 2008, pursuant to San Francisco General Order 129, filed November 15, 1996, is attached to Collins’s RJN as Exhibit D. 6. A true and correct copy of a Verification to Supplemental/Amended Responses to Interrogatories, Sets One and Two, served June 16, 2008, is attached to Collins’s RJN as Exhibit E. 7. A true and correct copy of the Amendment to Complaint, filed September 4, 2008, in Robert Ross v, Asbestos Defendants, San Francisco County Superior Court, Case No. CGC-07-274099, is attached to Collins’s RJN as Exhibit F. 8. A true and correct copy of the Amendment to Complaint, filed March 4, 2009, in Robert Ross v, Asbestos Defendants, San Francisco County Superior Court, Case No. CGC-07- 274099, is attached to Collins’s RJN as Exhibit G. 9. A true and correct copy of two Amendments to Complaint, filed March 5, 2009, in Robert Ross v. Asbestos Defendants, San Francisco County Superior Court, Case No. CGC- 07-274099, is attached to Collins’s RJN as Exhibit H. 10. A true and correct copy of excerpts from Plaintiffs Supplemental/Amended Responses to Interrogatories, served March 27, 2009, pursuant to San Francisco General Order 129, filed November 15, 1996, is attached to Collins’s RIN as Exhibit I. -2- DECLARATION OF JOANNA L. DROZD IN SUPPORT OF COLLINS ELECTRICAL COMPANY, INC.’S MOTION TO STRIKE PORTIONS OF PLAINTIFFS’ COMPLAINTLaw OFFICES OF COOLEY MANION JONES HAKE KuROwsKI LLP 1 11. A true and correct copy of a Verification to Supplemental/Amended Responses to 2 || interrogatories, Sets One and Two, served April 8, 2009, is attached to Collins’s RJN as Exhibit 3 HJ. 4 12. A true and correct copy of excerpts from Plaintiff’ s Supplemental/Amended wa Responses to Interrogatories, served March 11, 2010, pursuant to San Francisco General Order 6 || 129, filed November 15, 1996, is attached to Collins’s RJN as Exhibit K. 7 13. A true and correct copy of a Verification to Supplemental/Amended Responses to 8 || Interrogatories, Sets One and Two, served March 23, 2010, is attached to Collins’s RIN as 9 || Exhibit L. 0 14. A true and correct copy of excerpts from Plaintiffs Supplemental/Amended 1 || Responses to Interrogatories, served December 14, 2010, pursuant to San Francisco General 2 || Order 129, filed November 15, 1996, is attached to Collins’s RIN as Exhibit M. 13 15. A true and correct copy of Plaintiffs’ Complaint for Personal Injury and Loss of 4 || Consortium — Asbestos, filed in the instant case on December 17, 2010, is attached to Collins’s 5 || RIN as Exhibit N (hereinafter “Ross IJ complaint”). 6 16. _A true and correct copy of Plaintiffs’ Preliminary Fact Sheet, attached to the Ross 7 || 1 complaint, is attached to Collins’s RIN as Exhibit O. 18 | 4 19 jd 20 || /// 21 || ii 22 || Mi 23 || ii 24 |\ li 25 || Mi 26 | ii 27 |i 28 |\ ii -3- DECLARATION OF JOANNA L. DROZD IN SUPPORT OF COLLINS ELECTRICAL COMPANY, INC.’S MOTION TO STRIKE PORTIONS OF PLAINTIFFS’ COMPLAINTLAW OFFICHS OF COOLEY MANION JONES HAKE Kurowski LLP Oo eo MW DR 10 ul 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 17. A true and correct copy of the Brayton Purcell Master Complaint for Personal Injury [and Loss of Consortium] - Asbestos, filed January 2, 2003, in In re: Asbestos Cases of Brayton Purcell, San Francisco County Superior Court, Case No. 828684, attached to Collins’s RJN as Exhibit P. Respectfully Submitted, Dated: February 2, 2011 COOLEY MANION JONES HAKE KUROWSKI LLP -4- DECLARATION OF JOANNA L. DROZD IN SUPPORT OF COLLINS ELECTRICAL COMPANY, INC.’S MOTION TO STRIKE PORTIONS OF PLAINTIFFS’ COMPLAINT