On February 26, 2019 a Party Discovery was filed involving a dispute between Torres, Christopher, Torres, Melissa, and Barnes Group Inc., As Successor By Acquisition Of Kar Products, Inc., A, Barnes Group Inc. As Successor By Acquisition Of Kar Products,Llc, B C Stocking Distributing, A California Corporation, B'Laster Llc, Chevron Corporation, A Delaware Corporation, Chevron U.S.A. Inc, Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Crc Industries, Inc. Which Will Do Businessin California As Pennsylvania Crc Industrie, Dap Products Inc., A Delaware Corporation, Does 3-100, Husqvarna Professional Products, Inc., A Delaware Corporation, Kern Oil & Refining Co., A California Corporation, Lighthouse For The Blind, Midwest Motor Supply Co., An Ohio Corporation, Nch Corporation, A Delaware Corporation, Oatey Co., An Ohio Corporation, Pennzoil-Quaker State Company, Petro Source Investments, Inc. A Delaware Corporation, Ppg Industries, Inc. A Pennsylvania Corporation, P-T Technologies, Inc., A Florida Corporation, Quaker State Corporation, As Successor By Acquistion Of Westland Oil Company, Inc., A, Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc., A Wisconsin Corporation, Union Oil Company Of California, A California Corporation, Wd-40 Company, A Delaware Corporation, for Product Liability Unlimited in the District Court of San Bernardino County.
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F IWP1Cases115151PLEADMOTI PG IndusNes 8 CRC Industries1201S05 10 Opp PPG 8 CRC wpd 1 METZGER LAW GROUP a A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION om 2 RAPHAEL METZGER ESQ SBN 116020 MONICA L FRYE ESQ SBN 210183 t N X 3 401 E OCEAN BLVD SUITE 800 LONG BEACH CA 90802 4966 4 TELEPHONE 562 437 4499 Z a 3 3 TELECOPIER 562 436 1561 a W Cp 1 t i w 0 5 J W Attorneys for Plaintiffs 6 CHRISTOPHER TORRES and MELISSA TORRES 8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 9 FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDiNO SAN BERNARDINO DISTRICT CIVIL 10 0 zaoc o 11 CHRISTOPHER TORRES and MELISSA CASE NO CIVDS1906092 a 70 N TORRES 12 Re Assigned to Honorable Bryan F Foster oN o Plaintiffs Dept S22 W W 13 vs PLAINTIFFS MEMORANDUM OF a oa m 14 POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN QZ z ci BARNES GROUP INC as successor by OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS CRC 15 Kar Products Inc a Delaware INDUSTRIES a acquisition of INC S AND PPG W o W corporation B C STOCKINGDISTRIBUTING INDUSTRIES INC S MOTIONS TO o m 16 a California corporation CHEVRON STRIKE PORTIONS OF PLAINTIFFS a w z CORPORATION a Delaware corporation CRC COMPLAINT 4 17 INDUSTRIES INC WHICH WILL DO BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA AS DATE June 3 2019 18 PENNSYLVANIA CRC INDUSTRIES INC TIME 8 30 a m a Pennsylvania corporation DAP PRODUCTS DEPT S22 19 INC a Delaware corporation et al 20 Defendants 21 Z N W 22 U Z x Z 23 z V Z F E X o Z O 24 W H Q p Q Z ZZa Z WW 25 Z W Z Z 26 ZQ Zo WW aw a N 27 F a u uw a N O a r o 0 Z8 PLAINTIFFS MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS CRC INDUSTRIES INC S AND PPG INDUSTRIES INC S MOTIONS TO STRIKE PORTIONS OF PLAINTIFFS COMPLAINT F IWPICaseslt5151PLEADM0 EIPPG industries CRC ndustries1201SOS10 Opp PPG 8 CRC wpd m 0 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS da 0 N U 2 PAGE a a N No X 3 I INTRODUCTION 1 W W W 3 4 II ARGUMENT 1 zrca3 0 03 I U W o 5 A Plaintiffs Have Properly Pled Allegations for Punitive Damages 1 W W 6 1 General Allegations of Fraud Malice or Oppression Accompanied with Supporting Factual Allegations Suffice to State a Claim for 7 Punitive Damages 2 8 2 A Plaintiff May Plead a Punitive Damage Claim Against a Chemical Manufacturer Even If He Only Fears He May Develop Cancer from a 9 Toxic Exposure 4 10 3 Plaintiffs Allegations State a Claim for Punitive Damages under Z California Appellate Toxic Injury Cases 4 W 11 0 4 California Decisions in Traumatic Injury Cases Also Show That o 0 12 Plaintiffs Punitive Damage Allegations Are Adequate 7 mc ON0 4 Ww W 13 5 Plaintiffs Allegation That Defendants Concealed Toxic Hazards from a o Them Is a Sufficient Allegation to Overcome a Motion to Strike o m 4 14 Punitive Damages 7 15 6 a a w Plaintiffs Are Not Obligated to Plead Facts That Are Presumptively W oW Within Defendants Own Knowledge 8 o m 16 a W z 7 Plaintiffs Are Not Required to Prove Entitlement to Recovery of o 17 Punitive Damages in the Complaint 9 18 8 Because Plaintiffs May Recover Punitive Damages Even in the Absence of Punitive Damage Allegations the Prayer for Punitive 19 Damages Should Not Be Stricken 9 20 B Bockrath Does Not Prohibit Plaintiffs from Informing Defendants in Their Complaint That Other Injury causing Products and Other Toxins Contained 21 in These Products May Be Identified During Further Discovery in this Action 10 Z N W 22 III CONCLUSION 13 uZ J 7 J l x Q 23 Z Z fx W J O Y O Q F 25 WWa Z uZ W Z JZ 26 Z Zo WW a w 27 F aN Q U tt u w ttO N a o 0 20 1 PLAINTIFFS MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS CRC INDUSTRIES INC S AND PPG INDUSTRIES INC S MOTIONS TO STRIKE PORTIONS OF PLAINTIFFS COMPLAINT