RAMOS v. BRENNTAG SPECIALTIES, INC.

No. B248038.

224 Cal.App.4th 1239 (2014)

169 Cal. Rptr. 3d 513

FLAVIO RAMOS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. BRENNTAG SPECIALTIES, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

March 21, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Metzger Law Group, Raphael Metzger , Kenneth A. Holdren ; Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett and Brian P. Barrow for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Lynberg & Watkins, Ruth Segal and Rosemary Do for Defendant and Respondent Porter Warner Industries.

Archer Norris, W. Eric Blumhardt , Tiffany J. Gates and Kevin L. Place for Defendants and Respondents P-G Industries, Inc., and The Pryor-Giggey Company.

Snider, Diehl & Rasmussen, Stephen C. Snider and Trenton M. Diehl for Defendant and Respondent J.R. Simplot Company.

Gordon & Rees, Roger Mansukhani and Brandon D. Saxon for Defendant and Respondent Laguna Clay Company.

Schaffer, Lax, McNaughton & Chen, Jill A. Franklin and Yaron F. Dunkel for Defendant and Respondent Scott Sales Co.

Chuck Birkett Tsoong , Stephen S. Chuck , Tiffany M. Birkett and Victoria J. Tsoong for Defendant and Respondent Resource Building Materials.

Gordon & Rees, P. Gerhardt Zacher and Matthew P. Nugent for Defendants and Respondents Alcoa Inc. and Schorr Metals, Inc.

Bates Winter & Cameron, David L. Winter and Christopher R. Robyn for Defendant and Respondent Southwire Company.

K & L Gates and Michele Barnes for Defendant and Respondent Alcoa Inc.

McGuire Woods and Diane Flannery for Defendant and Respondent Century Kentucky, Inc.

Koletsky, Mancini, Feldman & Morrow and Susan L. Caldwell for Defendant and Respondent TST, Inc.

Hurrell Cantrall , Thomas C. Hurrell and Melinda Cantrall for Defendants and Respondents, United States Gypsum Co. and Westside Building Material Corp.


OPINION

MANELLA, J.

In the underlying action, appellants Flavio Ramos and his wife asserted claims against respondents for negligence, negligence per se, strict liability, and loss of consortium, alleging that Ramos's exposure to their products during his employment at a metal foundry caused his pulmonary fibrosis.1 Respondents demurred to the claims on the ground that they failed under the component parts...

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