TAYLOR v. ELLIOTT TURBOMACHINERY CO. INC.

Nos. A116816, A117648.

171 Cal.App.4th 564 (2009)

VICKIE L. TAYLOR, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ELLIOTT TURBOMACHINERY CO. INC., Defendant and Respondent. VICKIE L. TAYLOR, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CRANE COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

February 25, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waters & Kraus, Paul C. Cook and Michael B. Gurien for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis and Raymond L. Gill for Defendant and Respondent Crane Company.

Debevoise & Plimpton, Roger E. Podesta; Gordon & Rees, Michael Pietrykowski and Don Willenburg for Defendant and Respondent Ingersoll Rand Company.

Imai, Tadlock, Keeney & Cordery, Robert C. Keeney and Jaime A. Roder for Defendant and Respondent Elliott Turbomachinery Co., Inc.

Howard Rome Martin & Ridley, Henry D. Rome, Bobbie R. Bailey and Edward C. Hsu for Defendant and Respondent IMO Industries, Inc.

Gordon & Rees, Michael Pietrykowski, Don Willenburg; Munger, Tolles & Olson, Mark H. Epstein, Paul J. Watford and Gabriel P. Sanchez for Defendant and Respondent Leslie Controls, Inc.


OPINION

DONDERO, J.*

In this appeal, Vickie L. Taylor (Mrs. Taylor) challenges the trial court's grant of summary judgment to respondents.1 The case arises out of injuries allegedly suffered by her late husband, Reginald (Mr. Taylor), from exposure to asbestos-containing products during his Navy service aboard the USS Hornet in the mid-1960's. During World War II, when the Hornet was originally commissioned...

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