California Court of Appeal

In a products liability action involving an aircraft, trial court's dismissal order is reversed where the court erred in dismissing the matter for failure to bring it to trial within three years of commencement of the action, as the court's jurisdiction was suspended for all but seven months of the period between the filing of the complaint and entry of the dismissal order.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/19/2009
• Published 03/19/2009

Judges

• WILLHITE, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barger & Wolen, John C. Holmes, Andrew S. Williams, Los Angeles;  Kaplan, von Ohlen & Massamillo, Larry S. Kaplan, Santa Ana, Telly Andrews and Daniel V. Santiago, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Reed Smith, Marilyn A. Mober, Tamara M. Rudolph and Raymond A. Cardozo, for Defendant and Respondent Honeywell International, Inc., Mendes & Mount, James W. Hunt, and Christopher S. Hickey, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation and K & F Industries, Inc., Mendes & Mount, Alan H. Collier, and Aghavni V. Kasparian, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent Goodrich Corporation., Perkins Coie and Ronald A. McIntire, Santa Monica, for Defendants and Respondents McDonnell Douglas Corporation and The Boeing Company., Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis, A. Kristine Floyd, Irvine, and Monica J. Zi, for Defendant and Respondent Lockheed Martin Corporation.