Complaint,Petition: ANDRES ALATORRE MEDINA, ET AL. VS ANTOLINI LUIGI & C. S.P.A., ET AL.

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                                                       1   METZGER LAW GROUP, APLC
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                                                           Attorneys for Plaintiffs, ANDRES ALATORRE
                                                      10   MEDINA and MARIA RITA RAMOS ABUNDIZ

                                                      11
                                                                          SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                                                      12
                                                                                   FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
                                                      13   ANDRES ALATORRE MEDINA and MARIA            )   No.
                                                           RITA RAMOS ABUNDIZ,                         )
                                                      14                                               )   COMPLAINT FOR TOXIC
                                                                               Plaintiffs,             )   INJURIES ASSERTING CAUSES
                                                      15         vs.                                   )   OF ACTION FOR:
                                                                                                       )
                                                      16   ANTOLINI LUIGI & C. S.P.A.;                 )   (1) NEGLIGENCE;
                                                           ARCHITECTURAL SURFACES GROUP, LLC;          )   (2) PRODUCTS LIABILITY -
                                                      17   ARIZONA TILE, L.L.C.;                       )       FAILURE TO WARN;
                      NOVATO, CALIFORNIA 94948-6169
BRAYTON˜PURCELL LLP




                                                           ARRIAGA USA, INC. (DBA STONELAND            )   (3) PRODUCTS LIABILITY -
                         222 RUSH LANDING ROAD




                                                            USA);                                      )       DESIGN DEFECT
                           ATTORNEYS AT LAW




                                                      18
                                                           BEST CHEER STONE INC.;                      )   (4) FRAUDULENT
                                415-898-1555




                                                      19   C & C NORTH AMERICA, INC.;                  )       CONCEALMENT;
                                                           CAB620, INC. (FKA PARSODA U.S.A., INC.,     )   (5) BREACH OF IMPLIED
                                                            DBA PACIFICA WHOLESALE TILE &              )       WARRANTIES;
                                                      20    STONE);                                    )   (6) LOSS OF CONSORTIUM
                                                           CAESARSTONE LTD (FKA CAESARSTONE            )
                                                      21    SDOT-YAM LTD.);                            )   DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
                                                           CAESARSTONE USA, INC.;                      )   [MADE PURSUANT TO
                                                      22   CAMBRIA COMPANY LLC;                        )   CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL
                                                           COLOR MARBLE INC.;                          )   PROCEDURE §§ 600 ET SEQ. AND
                                                      23   COLORQUARTZ USA INC.;                       )   PURSUANT TO RULE 38 OF THE
                                                           COMPAC ATLANTA, LLC;                        )   FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL
                                                      24   COMPAC CORPORATE SOCIEDAD                   )   PROCEDURE SHOULD THIS CASE
                                                            LIMITADA;                                  )   EVER BE REMOVED TO
                                                      25   COMPAC QUARTZ, INC.;                        )   FEDERAL COURT]
                                                           COMPAC USA INC;                             )
                                                           COSENTINO GLOBAL SOCIEDAD                   )
                                                      26    LIMITADA;                                  )
                                                           COSENTINO INDUSTRIAL SA;                    )
                                                      27   COSENTINO SA (formerly known as             )
                                                            COSENTINO GROUP, SA);                      )
                                                      28   COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION;               )


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 1   DAL-TILE DISTRIBUTION, LLC;                           )
     DAL-TILE INTERNATIONAL INC.;                          )
 2   DAL-TILE, LLC;                                        )
     DIRESCO NV;                                           )
 3   DIRESCO USA LLC;                                      )
     EIDP, INC. (fka E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS              )
 4     AND COMPANY);                                       )
     ELITE QUARTZ MFG LLC;                                 )
 5   EMPIRE MARBLE AND GRANITE, INC.;                      )
     FRANCINI, INC.;                                       )
 6   GEM INTERNATIONAL, INC.;                              )
     HIRSCH GLASS CORP;                                    )
     HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.;                              )
 7   HYUNDAI L&C USA, INC.;                                )
     HYUNDAI L&C USA LLC;                                  )
 8   ICESTONE, LLC;                                        )
     IKEA US RETAIL LLC;                                   )
 9   JACOBE ENTERPRISES, INC.;                             )
     LOTTE CHEMICAL CALIFORNIA, INC.;                      )
10   LOWE’S HOME CENTERS, LLC;                             )
     LX BUILDING MATERIAL INC.;                            )
11   LX HAUSYS AMERICA, INC.;                              )
     M S INTERNATIONAL, INC.;                              )
12   MARMOL EXPORT CORPORATION;                            )
     MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC.;                              )
     PACIFIC SHORE STONES, LLC;                            )
13   PACIFICA TILE & STONE, INC.;                          )
     PARAGON INDUSTRIES, INC. (DBA                         )
14     BEDROSIANS TILE & STONE);                           )
     PLANET STONE, INC.;                                   )
15   THE PLANET STONE GLOBAL                               )
       CORPORATION;                                        )
16   S. & E. STONE, INC.;                                  )
     SAN FERNANDO MARBLE & GRANITE INC.;                   )
17   SPECTRUM QUARTZ LLC;                                  )
     STONE ITALIANA;                                       )
18   STONE SUPPLIES, INC. (DBA ROYAL STONE                 )
       & TILE);                                            )
19   STONEVILLE USA, INC.;                                 )
     STYLENQUAZA, LLC (DBA VICOSTONE                       )
       USA);                                               )
20   SURFACE WAREHOUSE, L.P.;                              )
     VERONA MARBLE COMPANY, INC.;                          )
21   VERONA QUARTZ INC.;                                   )
     VERONA QUARTZ SURFACES LLC;                           )
22   VICOSTONE JSC (aka VICOSTONE JOINT                    )
       STOCK COMPANY);                                     )
23   WALKER & ZANGER, LLC, dba WALKER                      )
       ZANGER;                                             )
24   WEST COAST MARBLE AND GRANITE, INC.;                  )
     WILSONART LLC;                                        )
25   and Doe Defendants 1 - 100, inclusive, as required    )
       by California law on joint and several liability    )
       pursuant to California Civil Code § 1431.2          )
26     enacted by the People of the State of California,   )
                                                           )
27                  Defendants.                            )
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 1                                                        TABLE OF CONTENTS
 2   CAPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
 3   TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
 4   THE PARTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
 5              Plaintiffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
 6              Defendants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
 7              Doe Defendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
 8              Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
 9   STONE SLAB PRODUCTS AND THEIR TOXIC CONSTITUENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
10   CURRENT AND FUTURE IDENTIFICATION OF DEFENDANTS’ PRODUCTS. . . . . . . . . 29
11              ANTOLINI LUIGI & C. S.P.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
12              ARCHITECTURAL SURFACES GROUP, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
13              ARIZONA TILE, L.L.C.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
14              ARRIAGA USA, INC. (DBA STONELAND USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
15              BEST CHEER STONE INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
16              C & C NORTH AMERICA, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
17              CAB620, INC. (FKA PARSODA U.S.A., INC., DBA PACIFICA WHOLESALE
18                         TILE & STONE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
19              CAESARSTONE LTD (FKA CAESARSTONE SDOT-YAM LTD.), and
20                         CAESARSTONE USA, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
21              CAMBRIA COMPANY LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
22              COLOR MARBLE INC.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
23              COLORQUARTZ USA INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
24              COMPAC ATLANTA, LLC; COMPAC CORPORATE SOCIEDAD

25                         LIMITADA; COMPAC QUARTZ, INC.; COMPAC USA INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

26              COSENTINO GLOBAL SOCIEDAD LIMITADA, COSENTINO INDUSTRIAL SA,

27                         and COSENTINO SA (formerly known as COSENTINO GROUP, SA) . . . . . . 35

28              COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36


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 1       DAL-TILE DISTRIBUTION, LLC; DAL-TILE, LLC; DAL-TILE INTERNATIONAL
 2                 INC.; MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
 3       DIRESCO NV and DIRESCO USA LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
 4       EIDP (fka E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
 5       ELITE QUARTZ MFG LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
 6       ELITE STONE GROUP INC (FKA ELITE STONE & CABINET INC.). . . . . . . . . . . . 37
 7       EMPIRE MARBLE AND GRANITE, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
 8       FRANCINI, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
 9       GEM INTERNATIONAL, INC.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
10       HIRSCH GLASS CORP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
11       HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
12       HYUNDAI L&C USA LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
13       ICESTONE, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
14       IKEA US RETAIL LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
15       JACOBE ENTERPRISES, INC.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
16       LOTTE CHEMICAL CALIFORNIA, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
17       LOWE’S HOME CENTERS, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
18       LX BUILDING MATERIAL INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
19       LX HAUSYS AMERICA, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
20       M S INTERNATIONAL, INC.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
21       MARMOL EXPORT CORPORATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
22       PACIFIC SHORE STONES, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
23       PACIFICA TILE & STONE, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
24       PARAGON INDUSTRIES, INC. (DBA BEDROSIANS TILE & STONE) . . . . . . . . . . 44

25       PLANET STONE, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

26       THE PLANET STONE GLOBAL CORPORATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

27       S. & E. STONE, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

28       SAIENS INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46


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 1             SAN FERNANDO MARBLE & GRANITE INC.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
 2             SPECTRUM QUARTZ LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
 3             STONE ITALIANA S.p.A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
 4             STONE SUPPLIES, INC. (DBA ROYAL STONE & TILE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
 5             STONEVILLE USA, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
 6             STYLENQUAZA, LLC (DBA VICOSTONE USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
 7             SURFACE WAREHOUSE, L.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
 8             VERONA MARBLE COMPANY, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
 9             VERONA QUARTZ INC. and VERONA QUARTZ SURFACES LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
10             VICOSTONE JSC (aka VICOSTONE JOINT STOCK COMPANY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
11             WALKER & ZANGER, LLC, dba WALKER ZANGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
12             WEST COAST MARBLE AND GRANITE, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
13             WILSONART LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
14   GENERAL ALLEGATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
15   TOLLING OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
16             Appreciable Injury and Diagnosis Postdating Exposure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
17             Ignorance of Cause of Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
18             Suspicion of Cause of Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
19             Suspicion of Wrongdoing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
20             Ignorance of Identity of Injury-Causing Hazardous Substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
21             Fraudulent Concealment of Toxic Hazards by Defendants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
22   A BRIEF HISTORY OF SILICOSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
23   ARTIFICIAL STONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
24   THE NEW ARTIFICIAL STONE SILICOSIS EPIDEMIC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

25   AUSTRALIA BANS THE SALE AND USE OF ARTIFICIAL STONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

26   CAL-OSHA ISSUES EMERGENCY TEMPORARY STANDARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

27   ARTIFICIAL STONE DEFENDANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

28             ANKUR INTERNATIONAL, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75


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 1       ANTOLINI LUIGI & C. S.P.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
 2       ARCHITECTURAL SURFACES GROUP, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
 3                 Pental Quartz’s 2015 Safety Data Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
 4                 Knowledge of the Silicosis Hazard by Defendant’s Managers and Members . . . 85
 5       ARIZONA TILE, L.L.C.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
 6                 Arizona Tile’s 2018 Safety Data Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
 7                 Knowledge of the Silicosis Hazard By Arizona Tile Officers and Directors . . . . 92
 8       BELENCO QUARTZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
 9       BELLA STONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
10       CAB620, INC. (fka Parsoda U.S.A., Inc., dba Pacifica Wholesale Tile & Stone) . . . . . . 97
11       CAESARSTONE LTD AND CAESARSTONE USA, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
12                 U.S. Quartz Products, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
13                 Caesarstone Admits That At Least As Early As 2010 It Knew That People
14                           Working With Its Product Were Getting Sick As A Result . . . . . . . . . . 103
15                 Caesarstone Failed to Put Hazard Warnings On Its Product Prior To 2010 . . . . 104
16                 Why Caesarstone First Began Putting Stickers On Slabs In 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . 105
17                 Caesar Stone Sdot-Yam Ltd. Purchases All The Shares Of U.S. Quartz
18                           Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
19                 Caesarstone Registers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission . . . 106
20                 As of 2012 Caesarstone Was Well Aware that Workers
21                           Were Getting Silicosis and Needed Lung Transplants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
22                 Caesarstone’s March 26, 2012 Safety Data Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
23                 Caesarstone’s 2015 Annual Report Filed with the Securities and
24                           Exchange Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

25                 Caesarstone’s Knowledge of the Silicosis Epidemic From 2015 to 2020 . . . . . 125

26                 Caesarstone’s January 2020 Safety Data Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

27                 Caesarstone Mounts Public Relations Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

28                 Judgment Against Caesarstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133


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 1                Caesarstone’s Health & Safety Webpage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
 2                Caesarstone’s Silicosis Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
 3                Caesarstone’s “Opening Statement” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
 4                Caesarstone’s Submission to Safe Work Australia Regarding the Public
 5                          Consultation on the Prohibition on the Use of Engineered Stone . . . . . 141
 6                Caesarstone’s Disgraceful October 2023 Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
 7                Knowledge of the Silicosis Hazard by Caesarstone Officers and Directors . . . . 144
 8       CALIFORNIA QUARTZ AND RAPHAEL STONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
 9       CAMBRIA COMPANY LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
10                Cambria’s January 5, 2001 Material Safety Data Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
11                Cambria Starts Doing Business in California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
12                Cambria’s Response to the Artificial Stone Silicosis Epidemic in 2019 . . . . . . 151
13                Cambria’s Letter to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. . . . . . . . . . 152
14                Cambria’s Endorsement of Misrepresentations by The Stone Coalition . . . . . . 154
15                Knowledge of the Silicosis Hazard by Cambria Officers and Directors. . . . . . . 160
16       COLORQUARTZ USA INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
17                January 2021 Material Safety Data Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
18                Knowledge and Concealment of the Silica Hazard by Colorquartz Officers . . . 163
19       COMPAC CORPORATE SOCIEDAD LIMITADA / COMPAC USA INC . . . . . . . . 164
20                Compac Quartz, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
21                Compac’s September 9, 2012 Quartz Safety Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
22                Compacstone USA, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
23                Compac Atlanta, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
24                Knowledge of the Silicosis Hazard by Compac Officers and Directors . . . . . . . 167

25       COSENTINO COMPANIES AND C & C NORTH AMERICA, INC.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

26                Cosentino Enters the United States Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

27                Current Cosentino Entities in Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

28                Cosentino History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169


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 1            Cosentino Industrial SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
 2            Cosentino Global Sociedad Limitada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
 3            Cosentino SA Subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
 4            C&C North America’s Liability for the Acts of Cosentino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
 5                      Cosentino Group Executive Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
 6                      Eduardo Martinez-Cosentino Alfonso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
 7                      Cosentino Centers in the US and California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
 8                      First Cosentino Center in North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
 9                      Cosentino City Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
10                      Cosentino Trade Name and Word Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
11                      Cosentino Product Tradenames and Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
12            C & C North America, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
13            Cosentino’s 1999 Material Safety Data Sheet for Silestone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
14            Early Cases of Artificial Stone Silicosis from Silestone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
15            Cosentino’s 2006 Material Safety Data Sheet for Silestone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
16            Silicosis Cases in Spanish Workers Exposed to Cosentino’s Silestone . . . . . . . 190
17            Cosentino’s 2013 Material Safety Data Sheet for Dekton® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
18            Cosentino Denies Responsibility for Silicosis Cases of Workers in
19                      Andalusia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
20            The First Silicosis Lawsuit Against Cosentino in the United States. . . . . . . . . . 197
21            Martin Mendiola Sues Cosentino in Los Angeles for Causing His Lung
22                      Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
23            More Spanish Workers Get Silicosis from Silestone and Sue Cosentino. . . . . . 201
24            Judgment By Spanish Court that Cosentino’s Disclosures Were Deficient . . . . 204

25            Cosentino Falsely Claims its Products are Not Inherently Dangerous and

26                      that Silicosis from Exposure to its Products is Entirely Preventable . . . 206

27            Cosentino Admits Negligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

28            Cosentino Calls for a Ban of High-Silica-Content Artificial Stone . . . . . . . . . . 210


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 1               Second Criminal Trial Against Cosentino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
 2               Knowledge of the Silicosis Hazard by Cosentino Officers and Directors . . . . . 214
 3       COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
 4       DAL-TILE DISTRIBUTION LLC, DAL-TILE LLC, DAL-TILE INTERNATIONAL
 5               INC. AND MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
 6               Dal-Tile’s Knowledge of the Silica Dust Hazard as of 2000 and 2001 . . . . . . . 218
 7               Dal-Tile Begins Manufacturing Artificial Stone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
 8               Dal-Tile’s 2019 Safety Data Sheet for its One Quartz™ Collection . . . . . . . . . 219
 9               Dal-Tile’s Letter to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors . . . . . . . . . . 222
10               Dal-Tile’s Endorsement of Misrepresentations by The Stone Coalition . . . . . . 224
11               Knowledge of the Silicosis Hazard by Dal-Tile Officers and Directors. . . . . . . 230
12       DIRESCO NV AND DIRESCO USA, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
13               Diresco Begins Doing Business in the US . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
14               Diresco’s January 2018 Safety Data Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
15               2019 Article in Stone Update Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
16               Knowledge of Silicosis Hazard by Diresco Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
17       EIDP, INC. (E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
18               First Case Report of Corian-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis Published in 2010 . . 239
19               DuPont’s 2011 Material Safety Data Sheet for Corian® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
20               2014 Case Report of Corian-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
21               DuPont’s 2014 Material Safety Data Sheet for Zodiaq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
22               2016 NIOSH Study Regarding Corian Dust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
23               Dupont’s 2018 Safety Data Sheet for Corian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
24               Recent Studies by NIOSH and Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

25               2024 Case Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

26               Knowledge of the Silicosis and Fibrotic Lung Disase Hazard by Dupont

27                         Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

28       ELITE QUARTZ MFG, SPECTRUM QUARTZ AND HIRSCH GLASS CORP . . . . 253


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 1                  Hirsch Glass Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
 2                  Spectrum Quartz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
 3                  Spectrum Quartz LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
 4                  Elite Quartz Mfg LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
 5       EUROPEAN SURFACES LLC (DBA EUROSTONE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
 6                  2010 Material Safety Data Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
 7       FRANCINI, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
 8                  Francini’s Undated Safety Data Sheet for Lucastone™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
 9       GRAMAR STONE CENTER, INC.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
10                  2021 Material Safety Data Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
11       HANWHA L&C USA LLC AND HYUNDAI L&C USA LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
12                  Hanwha 2005 Material Safety Data Sheet for HanStone Quartz . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
13                  Hanwha L&C USA LLC and Hyundai L&C USA LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
14                  The March 23, 2023 Safety Data Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
15                  Knowledge of Silicosis Hazard and Concealment by Hyundai L&C
16                             Managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
17       HOME DEPOT, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
18       IKEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
19                  The IKEA Companies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
20                  IKEA Entities Doing Business in California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
21                  IKEA Brokers Quartz Countertop Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
22                  IKEA Stops Selling Quartz Slabs in Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
23       LAPITEC S.P.A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
24                  Lapitec 2020 Safety Data Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

25                  Interview with Lapitec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

26                  Lapitec Incorporates in Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

27                  Lapitec Enters the U.S. Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

28                  Lapitec Marketed for Sale In California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282


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 1                 Lapitec Seeks to Take Advantage of Australia’s Ban of Artificial Stone. . . . . . 282
 2                 Knowledge of the Silicosis Hazard by Lapitec Officers and Directors . . . . . . . 283
 3       LEVANTINA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
 4                 Levantina USA, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
 5                 Levantina Marketing of its Products in Stone World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
 6                 Levantina's Knowledge of the Silicosis Hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
 7                 2016 Article in Faro de Vigo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
 8                 2019 Quartz Material Safety Data Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
 9                 2019 Findings by Spanish Court that Levantina Concealed Toxic Hazards. . . . 300
10                 2023 Criminal Trial of Former Managers of Levantina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
11       LOTTE CHEMICAL CALIFORNIA, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
12                 Radianz 2021 Material Safety Data Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
13       LOWE’S HOME CENTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
14       LX HAUSYS AMERICA, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
15                 2015 Safety Data Sheet for Viatera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
16                 2020 Safety Data Sheet for Viatera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
17       M S INTERNATIONAL, INC.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
18                 MS International’s 2021 Safety Data Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
19                 MS International’s Letter to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors . . . 316
20                 MS International’s Endorsement of Misrepresentations by The Stone
21                            Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
22                 Knowledge of the Silicosis Hazard by MS International’s Officers . . . . . . . . . . 324
23       PACIFIC SHORE STONES, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
24                 Pacific Shore Stones’ 2015 Safety Data Sheet for Pacshore Quartz. . . . . . . . . . 325

25                 Knowledge of the Silicosis Hazard by Pacific Shore Stones’ Members . . . . . . 327

26       PARAGON INDUSTRIES, INC. (DBA BEDROSIANS TILE & STONE) . . . . . . . . . 328

27                 Knowledge of the Silicosis Hazard by Paragon Industries’ Officers . . . . . . . . . 332

28       PIEDRA FINA MARBLE, INC.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333


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 1                 BellaQuartz 2018 Safety Data Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
 2                 Knowledge of the Silicosis Hazard by Piedrafina Officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
 3       QUARTZ MASTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
 4       RIO STONES, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
 5       SAN FERNANDO MARBLE & GRANITE INC.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
 6       SANTAMARGHERITA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
 7                 SantaMargherita Enters the US Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
 8                 SantaMargherita Registers to Do Business in Florida and California . . . . . . . . 349
 9                 SantaMargherita’s Safety Indications for Working with SM Quartz . . . . . . . . . 350
10       SEIEFFE COMPANIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
11                 Seieffe Registers to Do Business in California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
12                 Seieffe’s September 9, 2008 Material Safety Data Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
13                 Seieffe’s 2019 Safety Data Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
14       STONE ITALIANA S.P.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
15                 2017 Safety Data Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
16       STONEVILLE USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
17       SURFACE WAREHOUSE L.P.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
18                 Vadara’s 2017 Safety Data Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
19                 Knowledge of the Silicosis Hazard by Vadara’s Officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
20       THESIZE SURFACES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
21                 Neolith 2022 Safety Data Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
22       TITAN QUARTZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
23       UMI, LLC (FKA UNITED MATERIALS, INC.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
24       VERONA QUARTZ INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

25       VICOSTONE AND ITS DISTRIBUTOR STYLENQUAZA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

26                 Vicostone Joint Stock Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

27                 Vicostone “Milestones” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

28                 Stylenquaza, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382


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 1                  Vicostone’s 2015 Safety Data Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
 2                  Knowledge of the Silicosis Hazard by Vicostone Officers and Directors . . . . . 385
 3        WALKER & ZANGER, LLC, dba WALKER ZANGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
 4                  Walker Zanger’s 2023 Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
 5                  Knowledge of the Silicosis Hazard by Walker Zanger Officers and
 6                             Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
 7        WILSONART LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
 8                  Wilsonart’s Corporate History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
 9                  Wilsonart Begins Doing Business in California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
10                  Wilsonart Enters the Stone Slab Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
11                  2017 Safety Data Sheet for Wilsonart Quartz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
12                  Knowledge of the Silicosis Hazard by Wilsonart Officers and Directors. . . . . . 395
13   FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION –
14        FOR NEGLIGENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
15   SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION –
16        PRODUCTS LIABILITY - FAILURE TO WARN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
17   THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION –
18        PRODUCTS LIABILITY - DESIGN DEFECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
19   FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION –
20        FRAUDULENT CONCEALMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
21        All Defendants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
22        Architectural Surfaces Group, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
23        Arizona Tile, L.L.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
24        Caesarstone Sdot Yam, Ltd / Caesarstone USA, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

25        Cambria Company, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

26        Cosentino Group and its distributor, C&C North America, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

27        Dal-Tile Distribution, LLC /Dal-Tile, LLC /Dal-Tile International Inc./

28                  Mohawk Industries, Inc. (hereinafter “Dal-Tile”). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427


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 1             EIDP (E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
 2             Francini, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
 3             Lotte Chemical California, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
 4             LX Hausys America, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
 5             MS International, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
 6             Paragon Indu