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RIVAS v. SAFETY-KLEEN CORP.

No. B133572.

119 Cal.Rptr.2d 503 (2002)

98 Cal.App.4th 218

Hector RIVAS et al. Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SAFETY-KLEEN CORPORATION et al. Defendants and Respondents. Hector Montiel, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Safety-Kleen Corporation et al. Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

Rehearing Denied May 28, 2002.

Review Denied August 14, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Raphael Metzger, Raphael Metzger, Long Beach, Ron Archer and Mark Julius, Pasadena, for Plaintiffs and Appellants Hector and Macrina Rivas and Hector Montiel.

Arter & Hadden, Frederick J. Ufkes and William S. Davis, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent Safety-Kleen Corporation.

Stream & Stream, Inc., Theodore K. Stream, David D. Werner and Jamie E. Wrage, Riverside, for Defendant and Respondent Petro Source Refining Corporation.

Prindle, Decker & Amaro and James G. Murray, Long Beach, for Defendant and Respondent Calsol, Inc.

Steptoe and Johnson, Lawrence P. Riff and W. Chelsea Chen, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents Chevron U.S.A., Inc., and Union Oil Company of California.

Gordon & Rees, Roger M. Mansukhani and Brian Ledger, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent Kern Oil and Refining Co.

CURRY, J.

The claims of appellants Hector Rivas, his wife, Macrina, and Hector Montiel against the manufacturers and suppliers of various allegedly toxic chemicals and compounds were dismissed on statute of limitations grounds. The trial court ruled that appellants had sufficient knowledge of injury and wrongdoing for purposes of accrual of the statute of limitations more than one year prior to the dates their complaints...

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