AS YOU SOW v. CONBRACO INDUSTRIES

No. A106660.

37 Cal.Rptr.3d 399 (2005)

135 Cal.App.4th 431

AS YOU SOW, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CONBRACO INDUSTRIES et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

Rehearing Denied January 4, 2006.

Review Denied March 15, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Lloyd Packard, Law Offices of Andrew L. Packard, San Francisco, CA, Brian Gaffney, Oakland, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Bingham McCutchen, Trenton H. Norris, Tyler B. Theis, San Francisco, for Respondent: NIBCO Inc.

McQuaid Bedford & Van Zandt, Michael J. Van Zandt, Neil R. Bardack, Chelsea M. Bonini, San Francisco, for Respondents: John M. Frey Co., Inc, Kitz Corporation, Valve & Fitting, Inc., Milwaukee Valve Co., Inc., Mueller Industries, Inc., Smith Cooper International and LDR Industries, Inc.

Weston, Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava & MacCuish, Kurt Weissmuller, Stephanie A. Jones, Los Angeles, for Respondents: Watts Industries, Watts Regulator Company, Waxman Industries, Inc., and Western American Manufacturing.

Dillingham & Murphy, Edward E. Hartley, San Francisco, for Respondent: Pace Supply Corporation.

McDermott, Will & Emery, David R. Gabor, for Respondent: W.W. Grainger.

Foley & Lardner, E. Patrick Ellisen, Kimberly Dodd, Palo Alto, for Respondent: Cash Valve, Inc.

Paul, Hastings, et al., W. Toliver Besson, Joshua Hamilton, Los Angeles, for Respondent: Crane Company.

Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, Barry W. Lee, Constance E. Norton, San Francisco, for Respondents: Ferguson Enterprises, Inc., Slakey Brothers, Inc., Lee Meyers Co., Irvine Pipe & Supply, Menon Pipe & Supply Co., Inc. Express Pipe and Supply Co., Inc., Bell Pipe & Supply Co., Inc. Golden West Pipe & Supply, The Plumbler's Warehouse dba Indiana Plumbing Supply, Hajoca Corp., Smarden-Hatcher Company, Hirsch Pipe & Supply and Key Industries, Inc.

Stanzler, Funderburk & Castellon, Ruben A. Castellon, William W. Funderburk, Jr., for Respondents: Conbraco Industries, Inc. Grinnell Corporation and Griswold Industries/Cla-Val Co.

Kahn, Soares & Conway, Alison R. Siegel, for Respondent: CMB Industries, Inc.

Kupfer Law & Mediation, Coralie Kupfer, Pasadena, for Respondent: Zurn Industries.


MUNTER, J.**

This appeal concerns the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Health & Saf.Code, §§ 25249.5-25249.13), adopted by the vote of the people at the November 1986 election as Proposition 65 (hereafter referred to as the Act or Proposition 65). The Act regulates the discharge of specific toxins into California's drinking water. A plaintiff alleging an unlawful discharge bears the burden of proving...

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