California Court of Appeal

In a suit claiming that the use of the defendant's machines to grind asbestos-containing brake linings resulted in exposure to airborne asbestos fibers that caused injury, the trial court's judgment in favor of the defendant on all causes of action is reversed in part, where it was error to grant judgment on the pleadings to the defendant and an abuse of discretion to deny the plaintiffs leave to amend their complaints with respect to their causes of action for strict products liability and negligence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/07/2012
• Published 05/07/2012

Judges

• Jones

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brayton Purcell, LLP, Gordon & Rees, LLP