Answer: MANUELA MORALES-MARTINEZ, ET AL. VS ALTA DRY WALL, INC., ET AL.

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                                Electronically FILED by Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles on 03/17/2023 07:46 AM David W. Slayton, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court, by K. Martinez, Deputy Clerk




                1      Kimberly E. Solomon (SBN 239442)
                       GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP
                2      633 West Fifth Street, 52nd Floor
                       Los Angeles, California 90071
                3      Telephone: (213) 576-5000
                       Facsimile: (213) 680-4470
                4      Emails:     kmsolomon@grsm.com

                5      Attorneys for Defendant,
                       KELLY-MOORE PAINT COMPANY, INC.
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                7                                    SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                8                                                 FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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                       Coordinated Proceeding                   )                                       CASE No. JCCP4674
              10       Special Title (Rule 3.550)               )
                                                                )                                       Assigned to the Honorable Laura Seigle in Department
              11       LAOSD ASBESTOS CASES                     )                                       15
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              12       As Related To:                           )                                       LASC Case No. 20STCV44120
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              13       ERICA BLAFIELD, individually and as      )                                       DEFENDANT KELLY-MOORE PAINT
                       successor-in-interest to MANUELA MORALES-)                                       COMPANY, INC.’S ANSWER TO PLAINTIFFS’
              14       MARTINEZ, deceased, and to JOSE S.       )                                       FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR WRONGFUL
                       MARTINEZ, deceased; ELIZABETH            )                                       DEATH, SURVIVAL, AND LOSS OF
              15       ARREDONDO, DIANA G. LENKIEWICZ,          )                                       CONSORTIUM
                       GUSTAVO MARTINEZ, HUGO MARTINEZ, )
              16       JUAN MARTINEZ, MARIA V. MARTINEZ, )
                       ROCIO M. MARTINEZ, and MARIA G.          )                                       Complaint Filed:                 November 13, 2020
              17       RUSSELL, individually,                   )                                       F.A.C.                           March 1, 2023
                                                                )                                       Trial Date:                      None
              18                                   Plaintiffs,  )
                              vs.                               )
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              20       AMCORD, INC., et al.,                    )
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              21                                   Defendants.  )
              22                                                                   GENERAL DENIAL
              23                  Defendant Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc., (“Kelly-Moore”), answering solely on its own
              24       behalf and for no other party or entity, files this general denial pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure
              25       section 431.30(d) and denies each and every allegation in Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint
              26       (“Complaint”), and further specifically denies it is responsible in any way for Decedent’s/Plaintiffs’
              27       claimed injuries. Kelly-Moore also specifically denies any liability or fault whatsoever with respect
              28       to the matters complained of in Plaintiffs’ Complaint.
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                         KELLY-MOORE PAINT COMPANY, INC.’S ANSWER TO PLAINTIFFS’ FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR WRONGFUL
                                                  DEATH, SURVIVAL, AND LOSS OF CONSORTIUM