On December 06, 2001 a Motion,Ex Parte was filed involving a dispute between Jordan, Cheryl Lynn, Jordan, James, Thomas Dee Engineering Company, and 4520 Corp., Abblummus Global, Inc., A C And S,Inc., A.H. Voss Company, Albay Construction, Allis-Chalmers Corp. Product Liability Trust, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., American Standard, Inc., Asbestos Corp. Limited, Asbestos Corporation Ltd., Asbestos Defendants, Babcock Borsig Power Inc Ref To Db Riley Inc, Blue Diamond Corp., Borg Warner Inc., Borgwarner Inc. Fka Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc., Bragg Investment Company, Inc., Bridgestone Firestone Americas Holdings, Inc., Bridgestone Firestone,Inc., Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, Llc,, Bwd Automotive, Calaveras Cement Co., Certainteed Corporation, Chevron Products Company, Colonial Sugar Refining Company, Conocophillips Company, Consolidated Insulation, Inc., Crane Co., Crown Cork & Seal Company,Inc., Daimlerchrysler Corporation, Dana Corporation, D. Cummins Corporation, Diamond International Corp., Dillingham Construction N.A.,Inc., Dixon Boiler Works Inc, Dixon Boiler Works, Inc., Does 1-800, Dow Chemical Company, Dresser Industries Inc., D.W. Nicholson Corporation, Eaton Corporation, Elliott Company, Elliott Turbomachinery Co., Inc., Fisher Controls International, Llc, Flintkote Co., Flintkote Mines Ltd., Flowserve Us Inc, Flowserve Us Inc., Fluor Corporation, Fmc Corporation -Turbo Pump Operation, Ford Motor Company, Foster Wheeler Llc, Garlock Sealing Technologies, Ll, Gatke Corporation, General Electric Company, General Motors Corporation, General Refractories Company, Genstar Co., Genuine Parts Company, Goodrich Corporation, Grinnell Corporation, Halliburton Company, Hanson Cement, Inc., Henry Vogt Machine Co., Hercules Powder Company, Honeywell International, Inc. Fka Alliedsignal, Imo Industries Inc.,, Imo Industries, Inc., J.R.Simplot Company, J.R. Simplot Company, A Nevada Corporation,, J.T. Thorpe & Son, Inc., Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., Keenan Properties, Inc, Kubota Corporation, Lamons Gasket Company Dba Power Engineering &, Lear Siegler Diversified Holdings Corp., Maremont Corporation, Metalclad Insulation Corporation, Monsanto Company, Morton International, Inc. A Rohm And Haas Company, Oakfabco, Inc., Oscar E. Erickson, Inc., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Pacific Coast Building Products, Inc Dba Pacific, Parker Hannifin Corporation, Parker-Hannifin Corporation, Parsons Energy & Chemical Group, Inc., Parsons Energy & Chemicals Group Inc, Plant Insulation Company, Pnuemo Abex Corporation, As Successor, Power Engineering & Equipment Co. Inc., Quigley Company, Inc., Rapid-American Corporation, Republic Supply Company, Rheem Manufacturing Co, Rheem Manufacturing Company, Robertson-Ceco Corporation, Rosendahl Corporation, Santa Fe Braun, Inc. As Successor-In-Interest To, Sequoia Ventures, Inc., Shell Oil Company, Soo Line Railroad Company, Standard Motor Products, Stuart Radiator Core Manufacturing Co Inc, Stuart Radiator Core Manufacturing Co. Inc., Stuart-Western, Inc., Sugar City Building Materials Inc., Taylor Plumbing Supply Company, Dba Globe Plumbing, Taylor Plumbing Supply Inc., Temporary Plant Cleaners, Inc., The Budd Company, Thomas Dee Engineering Company, Thorpe Insulation Company, Tosco Corporation, Tosco Refining Company, Trimon, Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, Unocal Corporation, Viacom Inc., Successor By Merger To Cbs Corporatio, Vogt Valve Company, Waldron, Duffy, Inc., Westburne Supply, Inc., Yale Industrial Products, Inc., Zurn Industries, Inc., for ASBESTOS in the District Court of San Francisco County.
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LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH Lup l CONSTANCE MCNEIL, SBN 184526 ELECTRONICALLY || ELIABE E-Mail.mi ibbslaw.com SEARS, SBN 250450 E-Mail: sears@Ibbslaw.com FILED Superior Court of California, | One Sansome Street, Suite 1400 County of San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel 415.362.2580 J Fax 415.434.0882 GORDON PARK-LI, Clerk BY: VANESSA WU Deputy Clerk Attorneys for Defendant PLANT INSULATION COMPANY SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 10 ll JAMES JORDAN, ) CASE NO, 402113 12 Plaintiff, ) 13 } ASBESTOS-RELATED 14 MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 30: TO APPLY PROPOSITION 51 15 ASBESTOS DEFENDANTS, et al. } BASED ON THE ACCRUAL ) OF PLAINTIFF'S CAUSES OF ACTION 16 Defendants ) 20, 2009 ) Trial Date 17 ) Action Filed: December 6, 2001 ) 18 ) 19 Proposition 51, which took effect on June 4, 1986, adopted a rule of several liability for non- 20 economic damages, so that cach defendant is liable for only that portion of Plaintiffs non-economic Corning 21 damages which is commensurate with that defendant’ s degree of fault. (James Bustram y. Owens- 22 Fiberglas Corporation (1997) 16 Cal.4th 520). In Evangelatos v. Superior Court (1988)44 Cal.3d 1188. 23 1193, the California Supreme Court held that Proposition 51 does not apply to a cause of action that has 24 “accrued” before June 4, 1986. In the recent case of Buttram v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, 25 supra, 16 Cal.4th 520, 66 Cal Rptr.2d 438, the California Supreme Court specifically addressed the issue 26 of when a plaintiff's cause of action for damages arising from an asbestos-related latent and progressive court held 27 disease “accrued” for the purpose of determining whether or not Proposition 51 applies. The 28 that: 4824-6025-7539.1 Wil. 30: TO APPLY PROP 51, BASED ON THE ACCRUAT F PTP’S CAUSES F ACTION [A] cause of action for damages arising from a latent and progressive disease such as asbestos-related plural mesothelioma will be deemed to have ‘accrued’ — thereby precluding retroactive application of Proposition 51 under this court’s holding in Evangelatos — if the plaintiff was diagnosed with a disease for which damages are being sought, or otherwise discovered as asbestos-related illness or injuries prior to June 4, 1986, the effective date of Proposition 51. (4d. at p. 540.) For purposes of the application of Proposition 51, the cause of action “accrued” after diagnosis of plaintiff's asbestos-related disease, which is the subject of this litigation. For these reasons, defendant PLANT INSULATION COMPANY requests an order of this court finding that Civil Code section 1431.2 is applicable in this action based on the accrual of plaintiff's asbestos-related action. Dated: January 6, 2009 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LP i0 i By: SQQNS iL C, Sears 12 Atfomey for Defendant PLANT INSULATION COMPANY 13 14 15 16 7 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 4824-6625-7539.1 2 Mil.30. TO APPLY PROP 51, BASED ON THE ACCRUAL F PTF’S CAUSES F ACTION