On June 02, 2010 a Motion-Secondary was filed involving a dispute between Hagen, Laurance, and 3M Company, 4520 Corp., Inc.,, A & A Mechanical Contractors Inc., A & A Sheet Metal, Aberthaw Construction Company, Acco Engineered Systems, Inc., A.E. Knowles Corporation, Aire Sheet Metal Inc., Air Systems Mechanical Contractor, A.J. Peters & Son, Aladdin Heating Corporation, Albay Construction Company, Allied Painters, Inc., Allied Sprinkler Company, Inc., Anderson, Rowe & Buckley, Inc., Applied Support Systems, Inc., A.R.B. Mechanical, Armaral Plumbing, Associated Insulation Of California, Atlas Heating And Ventilating Company, Ltd., Bailey Plumbing, Heating & Sheet Metal, Barnes Construction Co., Bay Cities Crane And Rigging, Inc., Bayer Cropscience Inc., Bayer Cropscience, Inc.,, B H P Minerals International, Inc., Bigge Crane And Rigging Co., Bragg Investment Company, Inc., B.T. Mancini Co., Inc., Buttner Corp., Cahill Contractors, Inc., Carrier Corporation, Cbs Corporation, A Delaware Corporation, Fka, Cbs Corporation (F K A Viacom Inc., F K A, C.C. Moore & Co. Engineers, Certainteed Corporation, Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company,, Cleaver-Brooks, Inc., Coastal West Ventures, Inc., Commair Mechanical Services, Conocophillips Company, Consolidated Insulation, Inc., Cooper Brothers, Inc., Corey Contractors, Cosco Fire Protection, Inc., Coscol Petroleum Corporation, Coscol Petroleum Corporation Erroneously Named And, Crane Co., Crowley Plumbing, Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., C & R Plastering, Inc., Cupertino Electric, Inc., Dana Companies, Llc, Devcon Construction, Inc., Dillingham Construction, N.A., Inc., Does 1-8500, Domco Products Texas Inc. Erroneously Sued, Domco Products Texas, L.P., Dome Construction Corporation, Douglass Insulation Company, Inc., D.W. Nicholson Corporation, D. Zelinsky & Sons, Inc., Early Engineering Corporation, Incorporated, East Bay Sheet Metal Works, East Bay Sheet Metal Works, A Dissolved Corp., E.C. Braun Company, Inc., Emerick Sheet Metal Co., Emil J. Weber Electric Co., E. Mitchell, Inc., Enterprise Plumbing, Inc., Erwin Mechanical Inc., Ex- Fm, Inc. (Fka Fischbach And Moore Electric,, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Faye Plumbing, Fdcc California, Inc., Finzel Plumbing Company, Fischbach And Moore, Incorporated, Nka Ex-Fm, Inc., Fluor Corporation, Foley-Pmi, Inc., Foster Wheeler Llc, Foster Wheeler Llc (Fka Foster Wheeler, F.P. Lathrop Construction Company, F.P. Lathrop Construction Company,, Frank Bonetti Plumbing, Inc., Frederick Meiswinkel, Inc., F.W. Spencer & Son, Inc., Garlock Sealing Technologies, Llc, General Cable Corporation, General Electric Company, George F. Schuler, Inc., George M Robinson & Co., George Townsend & Associates, George Wilson Company, Inc., Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Llc, Giampolini & Co., Golden Gate Drywall, Inc., Granite Rock Company, Grinnell Corporation, Grinnell Llc,, Haas And Haynie Corporation, Haas & Haynie Corporation, Hamilton Materials, Inc., Hansen Plumbing And Heating, Hanson Permanente Cement, Inc. Formerly Known As, Harry Lee Plumbing & Heating, H.B. Fuller Company, H & C Investment Associates, Inc., Hensel Phelps Construction Co, Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Herrick Iron Works, Honeywell International, Inc., Honeywell International Inc., Fka Alliedsignal,, Hopeman Brothers, Inc., H.T.R. Enterprises, Inc., Ingersoll-Rand Company, Jacobs Constructors, Inc., James A. Nelson Co., Inc., James Nelson, Johnson Controls, Inc., J.R. Simplot Company, J.T. Thorpe, Inc., J.T. Thorpe & Son, Inc., J.W. Mcclenahan Company, Inc., Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc., Kentile Floors, Inc., Kent M. Lim & Company, Inc., Kinetic Systems, Inc., Kramer Acoustics, Laub Sheet Metal Works, Leonard Construction Company, Lewis Air & Refrigeration, L.J. Kruse Company, Macarthur Company, Madlem Mechanical, Inc., Marcal Associates, Ltd., Marconi Plastering Company, Inc., Marina Heating & Air Conditioning, Marina Plumbing Company, Mauch Sheet Metal, Mayta & Jensen, Mcguire & Hester Corporation, Mckeon Construction, Mcmillan Brothers Electric, Inc., Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Monterey Mechanical Company, Norcal Scaffolding, N. P. I. Corporation, N.V. Heathorn, Inc., Oakfabco, Inc., Ocean Shore Iron Works, O.C. Mcdonald Co., Inc., O H I Company, Inc., Oscar E. Erickson, Inc., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Owens Mckeon Construction, Pacific Coast Builders, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Pacific Mechanical Corporation, Parker-Hannifin Corporation, Parsons Infrastructure & Technology Group Inc., Peerless Stucco Co., Perini Corporation, Perini Land And Development Company, Peter Kiewit Sons, Inc., Peter Lim Construction, Pierce Enterprises, Pierce Lathing Company Dba Pierce Enterprises, Power Refrigeration Company, Powers Process Controls, Quality Air Conditioning, Inc., Quintec Industries, Inc., Raphael Company, Raymond Interior Systems-North, Ray Oil Burner Co., A Dissolved Corporation,, Ray Oil Burner Company, Inc., Republic Supply Company, Rmc Pacific Materials, Inc., Robertshaw Controls Company, Rodoni Becker, Rosendahl Corporation, Rountree Plumbing & Heating Inc., Rudolph And Sletten, Inc., Santa Fe Braun, Inc. As Successor-In-Interest To, Schneider Electric Usa, Inc. (Fka Square D, Scott Co. Of California, Scott Norman Mechanical Company, Scott Technologies, Inc., Sequoia Ventures Inc., S F L, Inc., Shell Oil Company, Sierra Pacific Industries, S.J. Amoroso Construction Co., Inc., Stanford Plumbing, Stolte Inc., Sugden Engineering Co., Swinerton Builders, Temporary Plant Cleaners, Inc., Texaco, Inc., The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, The Jack Dymond Company, The Linford Company, Therma Corporation, Therma Mechanical, Thermon Manufacturing Co., Thomas Air & Refrigeration Inc., Thomas Dee Engineering Company, Timec Company, Inc., Tosco Corporation, Tosco Corporation Erroneously Sued And Served As, Trane U.S., Inc., Erroneously Sued As Trane U.S.,, Trane Us, Inc. Fka American Standard, Inc., Turner Construction Company, Tutor-Saliba Corporation, Union Oil Company Of California, University Mechanical And Engineering Contractors,, Valley Sheet Metal, Van-Mulder Sheet Metal, Inc., Vogel & Associates, Walnut Creek Sheet Metal, Furnace & Air, Washington Group International, Inc., Western Allied Corporation, Western Asbestos Company, Western Insulation, Inc., Western Macarthur Company, Western Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc., W.G. Thompson, Inc., Wheatley-Jacobsen, Inc., Williams & Burrows, Inc., Wilson Construction Company, W.L. Hickey Sons, Inc., Wright Schuchart Harbor, Wright Schuchart Harbor Company, Yamas Controls Group Inc., Zurn Industries, Llc, for ASBESTOS in the District Court of San Francisco County.
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BRAYTON@ PURCELL LLP ATTORNEYS ATLAW 222 RUSH LANDING ROAD PO ROX 6169 NOVATO, CALIFORNIA 94948-6169 (415) 808-1555 nt MM NR RM RW ON RB RR es eC A hw RF YN = SC we TD KR DW RB BW KH em Oe YN DA vw & WN DAVID R. DONADIO, ESQ., 8.B. #154436 NANCY T. WILLIAMS, ESQ., S.B. #201095 BRAYTON*PURCELL LLP ELECTRONICALLY Attorneys at Law 222 Rush Landing Road FILED P.O. Box 6169 Superior Court of California, Novato, California 94948-6169 County of San Francisco (415) 898-1555 JUL 29 2010 Tentative Ruling Contest Email: contestashestosTR@bravtonlaw, £0 Clerk of the Court BY: VANESSA WU Attomeys for Plaintiff . Deputy Clerk SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO LAURANCE HAGEN, Plaintiff, ASBESTOS No, CGC-10-275582 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE AMENDMENT TO THE COMPLAINT TO SUBSTITUTE DEFENDANT'S TRUE NAME FOR DOES 1 & 1001 [C.CP. § 473] Date: July 29, 2010 Time: 11:00 a.m. Dept... 220, Hon. Harold E. Kabn Tral Date: N/A Filing Date: June 2, 2010 vs. ASSOCIATED INSULATION OF CALIFORNIA; Defendants as Reflected on Exhibit | attached to the Summary Complaint herein; and DOES 1-8500. PN let L STATEMENT OF FACTS Plaintiff, LAURANCE HAGEN, filed this asbestos personal injury action on June 2, 2010, claiming injuries and damages as a result of his asbestos-related lung disease. After furthe: discovery and investigation, it was revealed there are additional entities who may share liability for plaintiff LAURANCE HAGEN’s asbestos-related disease, Therefore, the one new defendant who manufactured, distributed, supplied and/or installed asbestos-containing products to it KAtnjucedh 08) 25 pip dia-nprarta-cmp-doe LALO! wpa : i niw MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE AMENDMENT TO THE COMPLAINT TG SUBSTITUTE DEPENDANT'S TRUE NAME FOR DOES } & 1001Com ND Hh BR BN plaintiff, LAURANCE HAGEN‘s employers/jobsites, has been added to the Amendment to summary complaint (N. P. l. CORPORATION). Allowing the filing of the Amendment to the Complaint is in the furtherance of justice so that plaintiff may properly present his case. Since there is no trial date assigned in this case, new defendants will have ample time to complete pre-trial discovery and other trial preparation. I. LEGAL DISCUSSION Code of Civil Procedure section 473, provides in pertinent part: The court may, in furtherance-of justice, and on any terms as may e proper, allow a party to.amend any pleading or proceeding... The court may likewise in its-discretion, after notice to the adverse party, allow on any terms as may be just, an amendment to any pleading or proceeding in other particulars... California courts have uniformly permitted parties great liberality in amending pleadings. "[T}t can very rarely happen that a court will be justified in refusing a party leave to amend his pleading so that he may properly present his case." Seamans v. Standard Hotel Corporations (1947) 78 Cal.App.2d 818, 826. Underscoring this policy of liberality in amending pleadings is the fact that mandamus is available for review of the trial court's denial of leave to amend a pleading, but not for permitting such leave, and that appellate courts commonly reverse trial court's denial of leave to amend. 8 Witkin California Procedure (3d Ed. 1985) "Pleading," §§ 1123, 1124, pp. 540-541. , Moreover, the statute of limitations under C.C.P. § 340.2 has not run for the adding of new parties or the filing of new claims against any party. It is appropriate to grant the requested relief via ex parte application. »y In most courts, leave to amend to substitute a defendant’s true name ‘or “Doe” is routinely granted without notice or hearing of any kind. The application for leave to amend is simply presented to a judge or commissioner for signature. 1 Brown & R. Weil, California Practice Guide: Civil Procedure Before Trial (The Rutter Group 2009), Section 6:614. Mf KUpjured FO IZ plas pAeo pt. n-omp. oe | 1003 mpd 2 NOW MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO: FILE AMENDMENT TO THE COMPLAINT TO SUBSTITUTE DEFENDANT'S TRUE NAME FOR DOES | & J001vo we NS DB RH & WB He —- oO Plaintiff is not presenting any new allegations to the complaint, but plaintiff is merely substituting a previously unknown defendant for a “Doe.” Thus, the amendment should be allowed in the furtherance of justice so that plaintiff may properly present his case. (See Seamans; 78 Cal. App.2d at 826.) CONC. IN In view of the foregoing, plaintiff respectfully requests the Ex Parte Application for Order] Granting Leave to File an Amendment to Substitute Defendant's true name for “Doe” be granted. Dated: Zz 2 CS &, Me é Respectfully submitted, BRAYTONSP: LILpP Nancy T. Williams _ Attorneys for Plaintiff K Siniured NOR s2 hpsctespteoticemp-dive1& 100! wpe 3 NIW, MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE AMENDMENT TO THE COMPLAINT TO SUBSTITUTE DEFENDANT'S TRUE NAME FOR DOES | & 1001