SPANAIR S.A. v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP.

No. B205945.

172 Cal.App.4th 348 (2009)

SPANAIR S.A. et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District Division Four.

March 19, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barger & Wolen, John C. Holmes, Andrew S. Williams; Kaplan, von Ohlen & Massamillo, Larry S. Kaplan, Telly Andrews and Daniel V. Santiago for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Reed Smith, Marilyn A. Moberg, Tamara M. Rudolph and Raymond A. Cardozo for Defendant and Respondent Honeywell International, Inc.

Mendes & Mount, James W. Hunt and Christopher S. Hickey for Defendants and Respondents Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation and K&F Industries, Inc.

Mendes & Mount, Alan H. Collier and Aghavni V. Kasparian for Defendant and Respondent Goodrich Corporation.

Perkins Coie and Ronald A. McIntire for Defendants and Respondents McDonnell Douglas Corporation and The Boeing Company.

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis, A. Kristine Floyd and Monica J. Zi for Defendant and Respondent Lockheed Martin Corporation.


OPINION

WILLHITE, Acting P. J.

This appeal comes to us after an action was dismissed under Code of Civil Procedure sections 583.410 (hereafter, section 583.410) and 583.420 (hereafter, section 583.420) for failure to bring the matter to trial within three years of commencement of the action. The case presents an issue of federal law about which the federal courts, as well as state courts that have examined the issue, conflict. That...

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