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NORTH AMERICAN ASBESTOS CORP. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket Nos. 51482, 52559, 53506, 53830.

128 Cal.App.3d 138 (1982)

179 Cal. Rptr. 889

NORTH AMERICAN ASBESTOS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Respondent; HARRY P. HOOPES et al., Real Parties in Interest. NORTH AMERICAN ASBESTOS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Respondent; LESTER JOHNSON, Real Party in Interest. NORTH AMERICAN ASBESTOS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Respondent; JOHN GORMAN, Real Party in Interest. NORTH AMERICAN ASBESTOS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Respondent; HAROLD C. FOSTER et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

January 22, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Preston N. Ericksen, David A. Gifford and Ericksen, Arbuthnot, McCarthy & Kearney for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Steven Kazan, George W. Kilbourne, Edward M. Digardi and Bryce C. Anderson for Real Parties in Interest.

John P. Macmeeken, D. Wayne Jeffries, Monte S. Travis and Chickering & Gregory as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

SCOTT, J.

Petitioner North American Asbestos Corporation challenges the denial of its motions to quash service of process. Petitioner's four petitions, considered herein collectively, raise the question of whether a dissolved Illinois corporation may be sued in California for asbestos-related injuries when the dissolution took place more than two years before the suits were...

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