Case Number:
19STCV35344
Hearing Date:
November 16, 2022
Dept:
15
[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT


Plaintiffs allege William Gaborko was injured as a result of exposure to asbestos-containing products, including from Defendant Erricsson Inc.

On September 1, 2022, Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment on the ground that Plaintiffs cannot prove Defendant supplied any asbestos-containing product to which Gaborko was exposed.

Plaintiffs did not file an opposition.

A defendant seeking summary judgment must conclusively negate[] a necessary element of the plaintiffs case, or . . . demonstrate[] that under no hypothesis is there a material issue of fact that requires the process of trial.

(
Guz v. Bechtel Nat. Inc.
(2000) 24 Cal.4th 317, 334.)

To show that a plaintiff cannot establish an element of a cause of action, a defendant must make the initial showing that the plaintiff does not possess, and cannot reasonably obtain,