California Court of Appeal

Trial court erred in granting summary judgment to defendants, distributors of plumbing parts that allegedly discharge lead into drinking water in violation of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act. The Lead and Copper Rule is not a Tier 1 test; therefore, defendant did not show plaintiff's failure to conduct an existing, Tier 1 test.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/22/2003
• Published 01/21/2004

Judges

• GEMELLO, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Klamath Environmental Law Center, William Verick, Eureka, and David H. Williams, Berkeley, Public Interest Lawyers Group, David Williams and Fredric Evenson, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Richard M. Frank and Theodora Berger, Assistant Attorneys General, Craig C. Thompson and Edward G. Weil, Deputy Attorneys General, for People of the State of California ex rel. Bill Lockyer, Attorney General as Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Ann G. Grimaldi, Stanley W. Landfair and Eric S.C. Lindstrom, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent Edmund A. Gray Company., Stanzler Funderburk & Castellon LLP, Ruben A. Castellon and Shane C. Stafford, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent Grinnell Corporation., McDonough, Holland & Allen, John R. Briggs, Sacramento, for Defendant and Respondent Thrifty Supply Company., McQuaid, Metzler, Bedford & Van Zandt, LLP, Neil R. Bardack and Michael J. Van Zandt, San Francisco, for Mueller Industries, Inc., Legend Valve & Fitting, Inc., Kitz Corporation of America, Milwaukee Valve Company, Inc., John M. Frey Company, Inc., Smith-Cooper International and LDR Industries, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Defendants and Respondents.