FRANKLIN v. USX CORP.

No. A091473.

105 Cal.Rptr.2d 11 (2001)

87 Cal.App.4th 615

Darrel FRANKLIN et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. USX CORPORATION, Defendant and Appellant.

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

Rehearing Denied March 30, 2001.

Review Denied May 23, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drath, Clifford, Murphy, Wennerholm & Hagen, John M. Drath, Rick J. Murphy, David F. Beach, Oakland, CA, Becherer, Kannett & Schweitzer, Patrick J. Becherer, Emeryville, CA, Baughman & Associates Co., LLP, R. Patrick Baughman, Susan S. Henderson, Eileen M. Joyce, Cleveland, OH, Raymond Bacerdo, San Francisco, CA, for defendant and appellant.

Kazan, McClain, Edises, Simon & Abrams, Simona A. Farrise, James L. Oberman, Andrea Huston, Oakland, CA, for plaintiffs and respondents.


WALKER, J.

Jeannette Franklin, now deceased, and her husband, Darrel Franklin (respondents),1 filed an action for personal injury, premises liability and loss of consortium against several defendants, including appellant USX Corporation (USX). Respondents contended that Jeannette had contracted mesothelioma, an asbestos-caused cancer, as a result of childhood exposure to second hand asbestos carried home by her parents, who worked at the...

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