California Court of Appeal

In a products liability action involving damages for asbestos exposure, grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is affirmed where California law imposes no duty on defendant to warn of the hazards inherent in defective products manufactured or supplied by third parties.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/25/2009
• Published 02/25/2009

Judges

• DONDERO, J.*

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Waters & Kraus LLP, Paul C. Cook, Esq., Michael B. Gurien, Esq., El Segundo, for Plaintiff and Appellant Taylor.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, Raymond L. Gill, Esq., San Francisco, for Respondent Crane Co., Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Roger E. Podesta, Esq., Gordon & Rees LLP, Michael Pietrykowski, Esq., Don Willenburg, Esq., San Francisco, for Respondent Ingersoll Rand Company., Imai, Tadlock, Keeney & Cordery LLP, Robert c. Keeney, Esq., Sam Francisco, Jaime A. Roder, Esq., for Respondent Elliott Turbomachinery Co., Inc., Howard Rome Martin & Ridley LLP, Henry D. Rome, Esq., Redwood City, Bobbie R. Bailey, Esq., Edward C. Hsu, Esq., Los Angeles, for Respondent IMO Industries Inc., Gordon & Rees LLP, Michael Pietrykowski, Esq., Don Willenburg, Esq., San Francisco, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Mark H. Epstein, Esq., Paul J. Watford, Esq., Gabriel P. Sanchez, Esq., San Francisco, for Respondent Leslie Controls, Inc.