Robert SCHEIDING et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,
v.
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.
[And four other cases.]
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 9, 2000.
Rehearing Denied April 12, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Brayton, Harley, Curtis, Novato, Brayton, Purcell, Curtis & Geagan, Alan R. Brayton, Novato, Claudia J. Martin, San Mateo, James L. Oberman, Philip A. Harley, Oakland; Wolf & Ellis, Wolff, Ellis & Clausen, Gregory R. Ellis, San Francisco, Joan Wolff and Gerald Clausen, San Francisco, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Kazan, McClain, Edises, Simon & Abrams and James L. Oberman, Oakland, for Asbestos Victims of America as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Allison Beck; Geffner & Bush, Robert Kropp, Jr., Burbank; John Roven & Associates and John Roven, for International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Sturgeon, Keller, Phillips, Gee & O'Leary, Brock Phillips, San Francisco; Brasher Law Firm and William A. Brasher for the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Grace, Genson, Cosgrove & Schirm, Philip R. Cosgrove, Thomas H. Hutchinson, Los Angeles, Kimberly A. Smith, Carl E. Lovell, David K. Schultz, Los Angeles; McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, David M. Heilbron, San Francisco, Leslie G. Landau and Robert A. Brundage, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent.
Hugh F. Young, Jr.; Mayer, Brown & Platt, Kenneth S. Geller and Donald M. Falk, Washington, Dist. of Columbia, for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.
Supreme Court of California.
BROWN, J.
Almost 75 years ago, the United States Supreme Court held that the Locomotive Boiler Inspection Act (BIA or Act), now codified at 49 United States Code section 20701 et seq., "extends to the design, the construction, and the material of every part of the locomotive and tender and of all appurtenances." (Napier v. Atlantic Coast Line (1926) 272 U.S. 605, 611, 47 S.Ct. 207, 71 L.Ed. 432 (Napier).) Since Congress...
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