[DOWNLOAD] "Carleton v. Superior Court of San Diego County" by Fourth Appellate District, Division One Court of Appeal of California # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Carleton v. Superior Court of San Diego County
- Author : Fourth Appellate District, Division One Court of Appeal of California
- Release Date : January 09, 1985
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 83 KB
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In these consolidated cases, we hold that Western MacArthur Company, a Bay Area distributor of Johns-Manville asbestos products, is the corporate successor of the now-defunct Western Asbestos Company for purposes of product liability for personal injuries arising from asbestos exposure. In Kaminski v. Western MacArthur Company (A028702), Western MacArthur Company appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding damages for personal injuries and loss of consortium, after a court trial on the issue of successorship resulted in a finding of successor liability. In the three writ proceedings, Western MacArthur Company v. Superior Court (In re Shipyard and Applicator Asbestos Cases (Kazan & Kilbourne)) (A030047); and Western MacArthur Company v. Superior Court (In re Sterns, Brown & Finney, Consolidated for Discovery, Related Shipyard and Applicator Asbestos Cases) (A030125); and Western MacArthur Company v. Superior Court (In re Related Asbestos Cases Consolidated for Pretrial Matters (Knapp)) (A031922), Western MacArthur Company challenges orders of the Superior Court of Alameda County which grant summary judgment on the successorship issue to numerous asbestos plaintiffs, whose suits have been consolidated for discovery and other pretrial matters. In Cretan v. Fibreboard Corp. et al., Western MacArthur Company appeals from a stipulated judgment, having reserved the right to seek appellate review of the summary adjudication orders at issue in the writ proceedings. We consolidated the proceedings. In Kaminski, Western MacArthur Company challenges the successorship determination and raises several other issues. In the writ proceedings, the company argues that triable issues of material