On December 06, 2001 a Answer 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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DA San Francisco Superior Courts Information Technology Group Document Scanning Lead Sheet Apr-30-2002 2:01 pm Case Number: CGC-01-402113 Filing Date: Apr-24-2002 1:58 Juke Box: 001 Image: 00410588 ANSWER JAMES JORDAN VS. ASBESTOS DEFENDANTS (BHC) 001000410588 Instructions: Please place this sheet on top of the document to be scanned. ORIGINAL a \ ST + SAN rite eet TOWLE, DENISON, SMITH & TAVERA, LLP qT EDMUND J. TOWLE, II, State Bar No. 63030 ary 2h Q2 LEONARD M. TAVERA, State Bar No. 127070 10866 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 500 &¢ Los Angeles, California 90024 ey. Telephone: (310) 446-5445 Attorneys for Defendants, STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS and PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATION as product successors to EIS BRAKE PARTS 1N THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. IN AND FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 10 i JAMES JORDAN, ) CASE NO. 402113 By we ) ANSWER TO COMPLAINT FOR 12 Plaintiff, ES ) PERSONAL INJURY <5 eze 13 vs. Tes ae ES ox “LS 225 14 ASBESTOS DEFENDANTS (BHC) as ay az reflected on EXHIBITS B, B-1, C, F & H; and wd 15 DOES AEHS 12 alleged warranty because Plaintiff failed to give these answering Defendants timely $4 Oza 13 notice of the alleged breaches of warranty set forth in the Complaint. zi soz i wee san 14 med ou wo 18 TWENTY- RD SEPA! Np aert ATIVE DEFEN! ar zee If any loss, injury, damage or detriment oceurred as alleged in Plaintiff's Complaint, n BES ESu 12 share" theory of liability implies, would constitute a denial of equal protection of the laws to this Sm BEd “Ze 13 defendant as guaranteed to it by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United ris $= 2g 14 States and Article 1, §7 of the Constitution of the State of California. 35 MAoOw wil O 15 of eo fa asa SeSeq 16 T TIETH SEP. T ND AFFIR} IVE DEFENSE 22eu weeo oe go 20ea W7 32. Pursuant to the holdings in Kearl y. Lederle Laboratories, 172 Cal. App. 3d 812 18 (1985), asbestos-containing materials are “unavoidably dangerous" and thercfore these answering 19 Defendants’ asbestos containing products are exempt from strict liability. 20 Mt 21 if 22 Mt 23 Mi 24 Ut 25 it 26 Ml 27 Mt 28 “it LAL-2002\012\PAnswer.wepd -9- ANSWER TO COMPLAINT FOR PERSONAL INJURY WHEREFORE, these answering Defendants pray for judgment as follows: 1 That Plaintiff takes nothing from these answering Defendants by virtue of their 3 Complaint herein; That these answering Defendants be awarded its cost of suit herein; and That these answering Defendants be granted such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper. DATED: February 13, 2002 Respectfully submitted, 10 TOWLE, DENISON, SMITH & TAVERA, LLP i Laven oa weS Sin 12 83 ot £5 S20 13 riggs El ge a“ LEONARD M. TAVE! sas 14 ~ —-~Attorneys for Defendants, STANDARD MOTOR. at PRODUCTS and PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATION wud 15 as product successors to EIS BRAKE PARTS Or AAHQH S20 5? a3 16 ag 17 ~~ B 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 TAL200200-PARsweewpd ANSWER TO COMPLAINT FOR PERSONAL INJURY VO PROOF OF SERVICE STATE OF CALIFORNIA $8. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Jam employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. J am over the age of s is 10866 Wilshire eighteen (18) years and not a party to the within action. My business addres: Boulevard, Suite 500, Los Angeles, California 90024. On April 23, 2002, I served the document described as ANSWER TO COMPLAINT FOR PERSONAL INJURY d as stated on on counsel for the parties in this action, or on the parties in propia persona, addresse the attached service list. es, with 10 a BY MAIL: By placing true and co: rrect copies thereof in individual sealed envelopand postage thereon fully prepaid, whic! h I deposited with my employer for collectio n r's VW mailing by the United States Postal Service. Iam readily familiar with my employe United 5. ww ES 12 P ractice for the collection and processing of correspo $s ‘tates Postal Service. In the ordinary course of n' dence for mailing business with the , this correspondence would be deposited by my employer with the United States Postal Service that same day. <259 Feo