SMITH v. ACANDS, INC.

Docket No. A059312.

31 Cal.App.4th 77 (1994)

37 Cal. Rptr.2d 457

MARIE SMITH, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ACANDS, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

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

November 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Bryce C. Anderson, Brayton, Gisvold & Harley and Philip A. Harley for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Kazan, McClain, Edises & Simon and David M. McClain as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

St. Peter & Cooper, M. Armon Cooper, Jerome C. Dougherty Jennifer M. Ways, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Roger D. Rizzo and Frederick D. Baker for Defendants and Appellants.

Michael J. Brady, Kathryn C. Curry, Ropers, Majeski, Kohn, Bentley, Wagner & Kane, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Walter R. Allan and Robert C. Phelps as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.


OPINION

STRANKMAN, P.J.

August G. Smith (Smith) worked as a pipe fitter for 30 years, his work often exposing him to asbestos dust. Smith retired with good health in 1971 at the age of 67. Twenty years later, in 1991, Smith became ill and was diagnosed with the respiratory afflictions of asbestosis and asbestos-related pleural disease.

Smith and his wife, Marie, brought this action for damages against scores of asbestos manufacturers...

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