RAMOS v. BRENNTAG SPECIALTIES, INC.

No. S218176.

63 Cal.4th 500 (2016)

203 Cal. Rptr. 3d 273

372 P.3d 200

FLAVIO RAMOS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. BRENNTAG SPECIALTIES, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

June 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Metzger Law Group, Raphael Metzger , Kenneth A. Holdren ; Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett and Brian P. Barrow for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Arbogast Law, David M. Arbogast ; The Bronson Firm and Steven M. Bronson for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Lynberg & Watkins, Ruth Segal and Rosemary Do for Defendant and Respondent Porter Warner Industries, LLC.

Archer Norris, W. Eric Blumhardt , Tiffany J. Gates and Kevin L. Place for Defendants and Respondents P-G Industries, Inc., and The Pryor-Giggey Company.

Snider, Diehl & Rasmussen, Stephen C. Snider , Trenton M. Diehl and Kristina O. Lambert for Defendant and Respondent J.R. Simplot Company.

Gordon & Rees, Roger Mansukhani , Matthew G. Kleiner and Brandon D. Saxon for Defendant and Respondent Laguna Clay Company.

Schaffer, Lax, McNaughton & Chen, Jill A. Franklin and Yaron F. Dunkel for Defendant and Respondent Scott Sales Co.

Chuck Birkett Tsoong , Chuck & Tsoong, Stephen S. Chuck , Tiffany M. Birkett and Victoria J. Tsoong for Defendant and Respondent Resource Building Materials.

Gordon & Rees, Don Willenburg.   P. Gerhardt Zacher and Matthew P. Nugent for Defendant and Respondent Schorr Metals, Inc.

Horvitz & Levy, Lisa Perrochet , Jason R. Litt ; K & L Gates, Michele C. Barnes , Nicholas P. Vari , Michael J. Ross ; Gordon & Rees, Don Willenburg , P. Gerhardt Zacher and Matthew P. Nugent for Defendant and Respondent Alcoa Inc.

Bates Winter & Cameron, Bates Winter & Mistretta, David L. Winter and Christopher R. Robyn for Defendant and Respondent Southwire Company.

McGuire Woods, Diane Flannery and Joan S. Dinsmore for Defendant and Respondent Century Kentucky, Inc.

Koletsky, Mancini, Feldman & Morrow, Caldwell Law Group and Susan L. Caldwell for Defendant and Respondent TST, Inc.

Hurrell Cantrall , Thomas C. Hurrell and Melinda Cantrall for Defendants and Respondents United States Gypsum Co. and Westside Building Material Corp.

Sedgwick, Robert Kum , Alison K. Beanum and Mathew R. Groseclose for Defendant and Respondent Brenntag Specialties, Inc., and Brenntag North America, Inc.

Alexander Law Group and Richard Alexander for Council for Education and Research on Toxics, Dr. Jerrold Abraham, Dr. Richard W. Clapp, Dr. Ronald Crystal, Dr. David A. Eastmond, Dr. Arthur L. Frank, Dr. Robert J. Harrison, Dr. Ronald Melnick, Dr. Lee Newman, Dr. Stephen M. Rappaport, Dr. David Joseph Ross and Dr. Janet Weiss as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Shook Hardy & Bacon, Mark A. Behrens , Christopher E. Appel and Patrick Gregory for Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Snell & Wilmer, Mary-Christine Sungaila and Jenny Hua for International Association of Defense Counsel and Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Deborah J. La Fetra for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

In this case, a metal foundry worker who developed interstitial pulmonary fibrosis brought this action (along with his wife) against a variety of companies that supplied products for use in the foundry's manufacturing process, asserting that the suppliers...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases