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BETTENCOURT v. HENNESSY INDUSTRIES, INC.

Nos. A129379, A130211, A131063, A131071.

205 Cal.App.4th 1103 (2012)

141 Cal. Rptr. 3d 167

RITA BETTENCOURT et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. HENNESSY INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant and Respondent. DONALD PEARSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HENNESSY INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant and Respondent. NOEL SHUSTED et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. HENNESSY INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant and Respondent. SANDY SIEGEL et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. HENNESSY INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

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

May 4, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brayton Purcell, Alan R. Brayton , Lloyd F. LeRoy and Richard M. Grant for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Gordon & Rees, Roger M. Mansukhani , Steven A. Sobel , Matthew G. Kleiner and K. C. Swisher for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

JONES, P. J. —

These consolidated appeals seek reversal of judgments entered in favor of respondent Hennessy Industries, Inc. (Hennessy).1 Hennessy, the manufacturer of brakeshoe grinding machines, is one of a large number of defendants against whom plaintiffs brought personal injury or wrongful death and survival actions. Plaintiffs claimed the use of Hennessy's machines to grind asbestos-containing...

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