California Court of Appeal

Dismissal of suit alleging wrongful death and survivorship claims from asbestos-related injuries for failure to secure a trial within five years of the filing of the original complaint is reversed where the wrongful death claims and plaintiff wife's loss of consortium claim should not have been dismissed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/22/2007
• Published 10/22/2007

Judges

• MARGULIES, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brayton Purcell,Alan R. Brayton, Lloyd F. LeRoy, and Mary E. Pougiales, Novato, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Vasquez & Estrada, Patricia Kantor Conway, Richard D. Dumont, San Rafael, Miriam P. Maxwell, and Denise Mejlszenkier for Defendants and Respondents FDCC California, Inc., Scott Co. of California, and Allied Heating & Air Conditioning., Adams Nye SinunuBruni Becht, James N. Sinunu, Christopher B. Bruni, San Francisco, and Kelly L. Cowan for Defendants and Respondents Amcord, Inc., B.T. Mancini Co., Inc., Fischbach and Moore, Inc., Hanson Aggregates West, Inc., and Rosendin Electric, Inc., Bishop, Barry, Howe, Haney & Ryder, Mary Margaret Ryan, Emeryville, for Defendants and Respondents Ireland Interior Systems, Inc., Pierce Lathing Co., Raymond Interior Systems-North, and SRI International., Dang and Trachuk, Thomas J. Trachuk, Oakland, and Michael J. Greathouse for Defendant and Respondent Anderson Constructors, Inc., Hassard Bonnington, Nicole T. Roberts, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent Sequoia Ventures, Inc., Imai, Tadlock, Keeney & Cordery, Michael J. Boland, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent Rich-Tex, Inc., Law Offices of Mark P. Krinsky, Mark P. Krinsky for Defendants and Respondents J.S. Guerin & Company and San Francisco Gravel Company, Inc., Prindle, Decker & Amaro, Grace C. Mori, Long Beach, for Defendants and Respondents Consolidated Insulation, Inc., Del Webb Corporation, Frederick Meiswinkel, Inc., Haas & Haynie Corporation, W.G. Thompson, Inc., Stevens, Drummond & Gifford, David A. Gifford, Walnut Creek, for Defendants and Respondents Domco Products Texas and Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc., Vogl & Meredith, David R. Vogl and David A. Firestone, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent Pacific Supply, a Division of Pacific Coast Building Products, Inc., McKenna Long & Aldridge, Christopher W. Wood, Sacramento, Daniel B. Hoye, and Sara M. Parker, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent D. Zelinsky & Sons, Inc., Archer Norris, W. Eric Blumhardt, and Kimberly M. Amick, Walnut Creek, for Defendant and Respondent Cahill Contractors, Inc.