Motion-Secondary: BEATRIZ VALDEZ ET AL VS DOES 1 TO 200

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                                Electronically FILED by Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles on 05/16/2022 05:45 PM Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court, by M. Soto,Deputy Clerk


                                      1    Lindsay Weiss (State Bar No. 268076)
                                           lweiss@mgmlaw.com
                                      2    Hilda A. Akopyan (State Bar No. 310094)
                                           hakopyan@mgmlaw.com
                                      3    MANNING GROSS + MASSENBURG LLP
                                           444 S. Flower Street, Suite 4100
                                      4    Los Angeles, California 90071
                                           Tel: (213) 622-7300
                                      5    Fax: (213) 622-7313
                                      6    Attorneys for Defendant
                                           ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.,
                                      7    Individually and on behalf of the dissolved
                                           entity TechSpray, L.P.
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                                      9                         SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     10                            IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
    Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP




                                     11                                     STANLEY MOSK COURTHOUSE

                                     12   BEATRIZ VALDEZ, individually and as                           Case No. BC649327
                                          successor-in-interest to Decedent, Rodolfo                    Assigned to: Hon. Robert S. Draper, Dept. 78
                                     13   Chavez; CECILIA CHAVEZ; and JESSICA
                                          CHAVEZ,                                                       DECLARATION OF HILDA A. AKOPYAN
                                     14                                                                 IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT ILLINOIS
                                                               Plaintiff,                               TOOL WORKS INC.’S MOTION FOR
                                     15                                                                 SUMMARY JUDGMENT, OR IN THE
                                                 v.                                                     ALTERNATIVE, SUMMARY
                                     16                                                                 ADJUDICATION
                                          A.M. CASTLE & CO., et al.,
                                     17                                                                 Date:         August 1, 2022
                                                               Defendants.                              Time:         8:30 a.m.
                                     18                                                                 Dept.:        78
                                                                                                        Judge:        Hon. Robert S. Draper
                                     19
                                                                                                        Reservation No. 545796859291
                                     20
                                                                                                        [Filed concurrently with Notice of Motion,
                                     21                                                                 Memorandum of Points and Authorities,
                                                                                                        Separate Statement of Undisputed Material
                                     22                                                                 Facts, Index of Exhibits, (Proposed) Order]
                                     23                                                                 Action Filed:                             February 7, 2017
                                                                                                        First Amended Compl:                      December 24, 2019
                                     24                                                                 Trial Date:                               June 7, 2022
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                                     26          I, Hilda A. Akopyan, declare as follows:
                                     27          1.     I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California and am associate of the
                                     28   law firm Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP, attorneys of record for Defendant Illinois Tool Works Inc.
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                                             DECLARATION OF HILDA A. AKOPYAN IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.’S
                                               MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, SUMMARY ADJUDICATION