California Court of Appeal

Dismissal of a complaint, seeking damages for exposure to carcinogenic chemicals, was improper where sufficient facts stated a cause of action for fraudulent concealment resulting in aggravation of work-related injuries under Labor Code section 3602(b)(2).

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/07/2002
• Published 06/10/2002

Judges

• NARES, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Mark O. Stern, Debra L. Back, Boyce & Schaefer and Laura G. Schaefer, San Diego, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
•  Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, Charles A. Bird, San Diego, and Timothy R. Pestotnik for Defendant and Respondent General Dynamics Corporation., Latham & Watkins, Mark S. Pulliam and Erik S. Bliss, San Diego, for Defendant and Respondent Hughes Missile Systems Company.