SCHEIDING v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Nos. A076324, A076333, A076341, A076352, A076730.

77 Cal.Rptr.2d 339 (1998)

Robert SCHEIDING et al, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent. [And four other cases.]

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

Review Granted October 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Oberman, Hercules, Brayton, Harley Curtis, Novato, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Grace, Genson, Cosgrove & Schirm, Philip R. Cosgrove, Thomas H. Hutchinson, Los Angeles, Kimberly A. Smith, Marina Del Rey, for Defendant and Respondent.


KLINE, Presiding Justice.

INTRODUCTION

In five related appeals, former railroad workers, their spouses and survivors seek to overturn judgments dismissing their various tort actions against locomotive manufacturer General Motors Corp. (hereinafter GMC) for asbestos-related injuries. These dismissals followed the superior court's grant of judgment on the pleadings in four of the actions and grant of summary judgment in favor of GMC on the fifth, all on the...

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