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`GABRIEL A. JACKSON (SBN 98119)
`gjackson@goldbergsegalla.com
`PETER K. RENSTROM (SBN 148459)
`prenstrom@goldbergsegalla.com
`TODD M. THACKER (SBN 199506)
`tthacker@goldbergsegalla.com
`GOLDBERG SEGALLA LLP
`611 Gateway Blvd., Suite 120
`South San Francisco, CA 94080
`Telephone:
`415-432-6600
`Facsimile:
`415-432-6601
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`EDWARD ORTON JR. CERAMIC
`FOUNDATION
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`ELECTRONICALLY
`F I L E D
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`Superior Court of California,
`County of San Francisco
`03/08/2023
`Clerk of the Court
`BY: YOLANDA TABO
`Deputy Clerk
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`SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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`COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
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`THOMAS MURPHY and
`CLAUDIA STUART,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.,
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`Defendants.
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` Case No. CGC-21-2976987
`(ASBESTOS)
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`DECLARATION OF TODD M.
`THACKER SUPPORTING DEFENDANT
`EDWARD ORTON JR. CERAMIC
`FOUNDATION’S OPPOSITION TO
`PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION IN LIMINE TO
`PRECLUDE ORTON FROM
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`Dept.: 502
`Judge: Hon. Jeffrey Ross
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`Amendment to Complaint: March 28, 2022
`Action filed:
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`I, TODD M. THACKER, declare as follows:
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`EDWARD ORTON JR. CERAMIC FOUNDATION. I am sufficiently familiar with the facts set
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`Attached as Exhibit “A” is a true and correct copy of Plaintiffs’ complaint.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the
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`PROOF OF SERVICE
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`Thomas Murphy and Claudia Stuart v. Honeywell International Inc., et al.
`San Francis County Superior Court Case No. CGC-21-276987
`Our Client: Defendant Edward Orton Jr. Ceramic Foundation
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`STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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`I, Eva Luna, declare that I am employed in the County of San Mateo, State of California. I am
`over the age of eighteen and not a party to the within action; my business address is 611 Gateway
`Blvd., Suite 120, South San Francisco, California 94080.
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`On March 8, 2023, I served the foregoing document described as DECLARATION OF
`TODD M. THACKER SUPPORTING DEFENDANT EDWARD ORTON JR. CERAMIC
`FOUNDATION’S OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION IN LIMINE TO
`PRECLUDE ORTON FROM REFERENCING ITS NONPROFIT STATUS on the interested
`parties in this action:
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`SERVICE LIST
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`**See File&ServeXpress Electronic
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`Alan R. Brayton
`David R. Donadio
`DDonadio@braytonlaw.com
`James P. Nevin
`Nancy T. Williams
`Brayton Purcell LLP
`222 Rush Landing Road
`P.O. Box 6169
`Novato, CA 94948-6169
`T: 415-898-1555
`Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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`BY ELECTRONIC SERVICE: I electronically served the document(s) described above
`via File & ServeXpress, on the recipients designated on the Transaction Receipt located on the
`File & ServeXpress website (https://secure.fileandservexpress.com) pursuant to the Court Order
`establishing the case website and authorizing service of documents.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the
`foregoing is true and correct.
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`Executed on March 8, 2023, at South San Francisco, California.
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`EXHIBIT A
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`Plaintiffs’ Complaint
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`Thomas Murphy and Claudia Stuart v. Honeywell International Inc., et al.
`San Francis County Superior Court Case No. CGC-21-276987
`Our Client: Defendant Edward Orton Jr. Ceramic Foundation
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`DECLARATION OF TODD M. THACKER SUPPORTING DEFENDANT EDWARD ORTON
`JR. CERAMIC FOUNDATION’S OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION IN LIMINE TO
`PRECLUDE ORTON FROM REFERENCING ITS NONPROFIT STATUS
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`SUMMONS
`(CITATION JUDICIAL)
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`NOTICE TO DEFENDANT:
`AVISO AL DEMANDADO):
`ONEYWELL INTERNATIONALINC.
`AND SEE ATTACHED LIST.
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`YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF:
`LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE):
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`(sRSESEon
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`SUM-100
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`HOMAS MURPHY and CLAUDIA STUART
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`NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Readthe information
`below.
`You have 30 CALENDARDAYS after this summonsandlegal papers are served on youto file a written response at this court and have a copy
`served ontheplaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response mustbe in properlegal form if you want the court to hear your
`case, There may be a court form that you can usefor your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts
`Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county lawlibrary, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot paythefiling fee, ask
`the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do notfile your response on time, you maylose the case by default, and your wages, money, and
`property may be taken without further warning from the court.
`There are other legal requirements. You may wantto call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney
`referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you maybeeligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate
`these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center
`(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court hasa statutory lien for waived fees and
`costs on any settlementor arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's tien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.
`jAVISO! Lo han demandado.Si no responde dentro de 30dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacién a
`continuacion.
`Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO después de que Ie entreguenesta citacién y papeles legates para presentar una respuesta porescrito en esta
`corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o unallamadatelefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar
`en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su casoen la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta.
`Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la
`biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagarla cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte
`que le dé un formulario de exencién de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimientoy la corte le
`podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.
`Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que Ilame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puedellamar a un servicio
`de remisién a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtenerservicios legales gratuitos de un
`programa deservicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupossin fines de lucro enel sitio web de California Legal Services,
`(www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) 0 poniéndose en contacto conla corteoel
`colegio de abogadoslocales. AVISO: Porley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamarlas cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre
`cualquier recuperacién de $10,000 6 masdevalor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesiénde arbitraje en un caso de derechocivil. Tiene
`que pagar el gravamen dela corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.
`The name and addressofthe court is:
`(El nombre y direccién de la corte es):
`SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
`400 McAllister Street
`San Francisco, CA 94102
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`CASE NUMBER:
`(Numero del Caso):
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`CGC-21-276987
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`Fax No.: (415) 898-1247
`Phone Na.: (415) 898-1555
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`The name, address, and telephone numberofplaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney,is:
`(El nombre, la direccidn de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que notien abogado, es):
`DAVID R. DONADIO, ESQ., STATE BAR NO. 154436
`BRAYTON#PURCELL LLP
`222 Rush Landing Road, Novato, CA 94948-6169
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`Clerk, by
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`42/28/2924——__RESINS
`(For proofof service of this summons, use Proof of Service of Summons (form POS-010).)
`(Para prueba de entrega de esta citatidn use el formulario Proof of Service of Summons, (POS-010)).
`NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served
`1. LO as an individual defendant.
`2. CJ as the person sued underthefictitious name of (specify):
`3.
`on behalf of (specify): EDWARD ORTON JR. CERAMIC FOUNDATION
`under: CL] CCP 416.10 (corporation)
`L] CCP 416.60(minor)
`L] CCP 416.20 (defunct corporation)
`CJ CCP 416.70 (conservatee)
`X] CCP 416.40 (association of partnership)
`L CCP 416.90 (authorized person)
`LI other (specify):
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`CodeofCivil Procedure §§ 412.20, 465
`Judicial Council of California
`SUMMONS
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`LexisNexis® Automated California Judicial Council Farms
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`SUM-200(A)
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`SHORTTITLE:
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`THOMAS MURPHYand CLAUDIA STUARTv. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONALINC., et al.
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`INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
`P This form may be used as an attachment to any summonsif space doesnot permitthelisting of all parties on the summons.
`Pf this attachmentis used, insert the following statementin the plaintiff or defendant box on the summons:"Additional Parties
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`[] Plaintiff
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`Defendant [] Cross-Complainant
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`Cc] Cross-Defendant
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`UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION;
`LAGUNA CLAY COMPANY;
`DUNCAN ENTERPRISES;
`PFIZER, INC.;
`AMERICAN ART CLAY CO INC.;
`SPECTRUM GLAZESINC.;
`INDUSTRIAL MINERALSCO.;
`CUMMINGS CERAMIC SUPPLY;
`WESTERN CERAMICS SUPPLY COMPANY;
`ALPHAFIRED ARTS;
`LESLIE CERAMICS SUPPLYCO., INC.;
`BIG CERAMIC STORE;
`MONTELLO, INC.;
`CHEVRONPHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANYLP;
`EDWARD ORTONJ. CERAMIC FOUNDATION;
`SEATTLE POTTERY SUPPLY;
`BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC;
`SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION;
`HIGNELL & STRANGE;
`and DOES1 through 800, inclusive, as required by California law on joint and severalliability pursuant to California Civil Code
`§ 1431.2 enacted by the People of the State of California.
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`Plaintiffs hereby amend the Summons and Complaintto reflect defendant EDWARD - -
`ORTON JR. CERAMIC FOUNDATION’s and CUMMINGS CERAMICSUPPLY, INC.’strue .
`names. Wherever the Summons and Complaint reads: “EDWARD ‘ORTON J.CERAMIC
`FOUNDATION”it is to be replaced with: "EDWARD ORTON JR. CERAMIC
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`FOUNDATION.” Whereverthe Summons and Complaint reads; “CUMMINGS CERAMIC °
`SUPPLY”it is to be replaced with: "CUMMINGS CERAMIC SUPPLY, INC.”
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`I am employed in the County of Marin, State of California.
`ears and am not a partyto the within action. Mybusiness address is 222 Rush Landing Road,
`2.0. Box 6169, Novato, California, 94948-6169.
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`On March 11, 2022, | caused electronic service (E-Service) of the following documents:
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`AMENDMENT TO SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT
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`on the interested parties in this action by causing File & ServeXpress E-service program to
`transmit a true copy thereof to the following party(ies):
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`SEE ATTACHED LIST
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`‘The above document was transmitted by File & ServeXpress E-Service and the
`transmission was reported as complete and withouterror.
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`Executed on March 11, 2022, at Novato, California.
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`Matter Numbers: 128636.001-Thomas Patrick Murphy
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`Run by: Jennifer Hanwoad
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`Lewis Brisbois Bisganrd & Smith, LLP - Manning Gross + Masseriburg LLP -
`San Francisco
`San Francisco
`333 Bush St. Suite 1100
`201 Spear Street, 18TH Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94105
`San Francisco, CA 94104
`415-512-4381 415-512-6791 (fax)
`415-362-2580 415-434-0882 (fax)
`Defendants
`Defendants
`Schlumberger Technology Corporation
`Duncan Enterprises (DUNCER)
`(SCHTEC)
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`ONGARO PC
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`1604 Union Street
`San Francisco, CA 94123
`415-433-3900 415-433-3950 (fax)
`Defendants
`Honeywell International Inc, (HONEYW)
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`Prindle, Goetz, Barnes & Reinholiz
`LLP -~ Long Beach, CA
`One World Trade Center, Suite 1100
`Long Beach, CA 90831
`562-436-3946 562-495-0564 (fax)
`Defendants
`Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
`(CHEPHI)
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`SCALI RASMUSSEN,PC
`800 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 400
`Los Angeles, CA 90017
`213-239-5622 213-239-5623 (fax)
`Defendants
`Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
`(BHOOPE)
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`Selman Breitman, LLP - Santa Ana
`6 Hutton Centre Dr., Suite 1100
`Santa Ana, CA 92707
`714-647-9700 714-647-9200 (fax)
`Defendants
`American Art Clay Co Inc (AMEART)
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`Spanos Przetak
`475 14th Street, Suite 550
`Oakland, CA 94612
`§10-250-0200 $10-380-6354 (fax)
`Defendants
`Spanos Przetak (SPAPRZ)
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`Tucker Ellis LLP « San Francisco, CA
`201 Mission Street, Suite 2310
`San Francisco, CA 94105
`415-617-2400 415-617-2409 (fax)
`Defendants
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`Ptizer, Inc. (PFIZER)
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`JAMESP. NEVIN, ESQ., S.B. #220816
`NANCYT. WILLIAMS, ESQ., S.B. #201095
`BRAYTON*PURCELL LLP
`Attorneys at Law
`222 Rush Landing Road
`P.O. Box 6169
`Novato, California 94948-6169
`(415) 898-1555
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`Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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`ELECTRONICALLY
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`Superior Court ofCalifornia,
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`42/28/2021
`Clerk of the Court
`BY: LAURA SIMMONS
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`SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
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`COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
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`CGC-21-276987
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`ASBESTOS
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`COMPLAINT FOR PERSONAL INJURY
`AND LOSS OF CONSORTIUM-
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`(Pursuant to Case Management Order, Filed
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`Products Liability
`NegligenceII
`Loss of Consortium
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`THOMAS MURPHYand
`CLAUDIA STUART,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.;
`UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION;
`LAGUNA CLAY COMPANY;
`DUNCANENTERPRISES;
`PFIZER, INC.;
`AMERICAN ART CLAY CO INC.;
`SPECTRUM GLAZESINC.;
`INDUSTRIAL MINERALSCoO.;
`CUMMINGS CERAMIC SUPPLY;
`WESTERN CERAMICS SUPPLY
`COMPANY;
`ALPHAFIRED ARTS;
`LESLIE CERAMICS SUPPLYCO., INC.;
`BIG CERAMIC STORE:
`MONTELLO,INC.;
`CHEVRONPHILLIPS CHEMICAL
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`EDWARD ORTON J. CERAMIC
`FOUNDATION;
`SEATTLE POTTERY SUPPLY;
`BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD
`OPERATIONS LLC;
`SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY
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`HIGNELL & STRANGE;
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`Civil Code § 1431.2 enacted by the People
`of the State of California,
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`Defendants.
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`FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION
`(Negligence [)
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`PLAINTIFF THOMAS MURPHY COMPLAINS OF DEFENDANTS HEREIN BELOW
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`NAMED, THEIR "ALTERNATE ENTITIES" AND EACH OF THEM, FOR A CAUSE OF
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`ACTION FOR NEGLIGENCE I, PURSUANTTO CIVIL CODE§ 1714, BAJI 3.00, 3.10, 3.11,
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`3.12, 3.76, 3.77, 3.78, 9.19, 9.20, 9.21, AND CACI 400, 401, 431, 435, 1220, 1221, 1222, 1223,
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`AND ALLEGES:
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`1.
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`The true names and capacities, whether individual, corporate, associate,
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`governmental or otherwise, of defendants DOES 1 through 300,inclusive, are unknownto
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`plaintiff at this time, who therefore sues said defendants by suchfictitious names. Whenthe true
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`names and capacities of said defendants have been ascertained, plaintiff will amend this
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`complaint accordingly. Plaintiff is informed and believes, and thereonalleges, that each
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`defendant designated herein as a DOEis responsible, negligently or in some other actionable
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`manner, for the events and happeningshereinafter referred to, and caused injuries and damages
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`proximately thereby to the plaintiff, as hereinafter alleged.
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`2.
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`Atall times herein mentioned, each of the defendants was the agent, servant,
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`employee and/or joint venturer of his co-defendants, and each of them,and atall said times, each
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`defendant was acting in the full course and scope ofsaid agency, service, employment and/or
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`joint venture.
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`3.
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`Plaintiff is informed and believes, and thereon allegesthat at all times herein
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`mentioned, defendants: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.; UNION CARBIDE
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`CORPORATION; LAGUNA CLAY COMPANY; DUNCAN ENTERPRISES; PFIZER,INC.;
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`AMERICAN ART CLAY CO INC.; SPECTRUM GLAZES INC.; INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
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`CO.; CUMMINGS CERAMIC SUPPLY; WESTERN CERAMICS SUPPLY COMPANY;
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`ALPHA FIRED ARTS; LESLIE CERAMICS SUPPLYCO., INC.; BIG CERAMIC STORE;
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`J. CERAMIC FOUNDATION; SEATTLE POTTERY SUPPLY; and DOES1 through 300,
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`inclusive, were individuals, or corporations, partnerships and/or unincorporated associations
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`organized and existing underand byvirtue of the laws of the State of California, or the laws of
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`someotherstate or foreign jurisdiction, and that said defendants, and each of them, were and are
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`authorized to do and are doing businessin the State of California, and that said defendants have
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`regularly conducted business in the County of San Francisco, State of California.
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`Atall times herein mentioned, each of the named defendants and DOES1 through
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`300 was the successor, successor in business, successor in product line or a portion thereof,
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`assign, predecessor, predecessor in business, predecessor in product line or a portion thereof,
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`parent, subsidiary, wholly or partially owned by, or the whole or partial owner of or memberin
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`an entity researching, studying, manufacturing, fabricating, designing, modifying, labeling,
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`assembling, distributing, leasing, buying, offering for sale, supplying,selling, inspecting,
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`servicing, installing, contracting forinstallation, repairing, marketing, warranting, rebranding,
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`manufacturing for others, packaging and advertising a certain substance, the generic nameof
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`whichis asbestos and other products containing said substance. Said entities shall hereinafter
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`collectively be called "alternate entities." Each of the herein named defendantsis liable for the
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`tortious conduct of each successor, successor in business, successor in product line or a portion
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`thereof, assign, predecessor in productline or a portion thereof, parent, subsidiary, whole or
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`partial owner, or wholly or partially owned entity, or entity that it was a memberof, or funded,
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`that researched, studied, tested, manufactured, fabricated, designed, modified, labeled,
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`assembled, distributed, promoted, leased, bought, offered for sale, recommendedforuse,
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`supplied, sold, inspected, serviced, installed, contracted for installation, repaired, marketed,
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`warranted, evaluated, rebranded, manufactured for others and advertised a certain substance, the
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`generic name of whichis asbestos and other products containing said substance. The following
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`defendants, and each of them,are liable for the acts of each and every “alternate entity," and each
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`of them, in that there has been a virtual destruction of plaintiff's remedy against each such
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`"alternate entity"; defendants, and each of them, have acquired the assets, product line, or a
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`portion thereof, of each such "alternate entity"; such "alternate entity"; defendants, and each of
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`them, caused the destruction ofplaintiff's remedy against each such "alternate entity"; each such
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`defendant has the ability to assumethe risk-spreading role of each such "alternate entity"; and
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`that each such defendant enjoys the goodwill originally attached to each such "alternate entity."
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`DEFENDANT
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`ALTERNATE ENTITY
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`HONEYWELL INTERNATIONALINC.
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`UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION
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`HONEYWELLINC.
`HONEYWELL CONTROLS
`ALLIEDSIGNAL, INC.
`ATRESEARCH DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL SALES
`CORPORATION
`ALLIED-SIGNAL, INC.
`THE BENDIX CORPORATION
`BENDIX PRODUCTS AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION
`BENDIX PRODUCTS DIVISION, BENDIX AVIATION CORP.
`BENDIX HOME SYSTEMS
`ALLIED CORPORATION
`ALLIED CHEMICAL CORPORATION
`GENERAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION
`FRAM
`FRICTION MATERIALS OF LOS ANGELES
`NORTH AMERICAN REFRACTORIES COMPANY
`EM SECTOR HOLDINGS INC.
`UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS COMPANY
`BOYLSTON CORPORATION
`EHRHART & ASSOCIATES, INC.
`EHRHART & ARTHUR,INC.
`GARRETT AIR RESEARCH CORP.
`STANLEY G. FLAGG & CO.
`MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY
`ELTRA CORPORATION
`BUNKER RAMO-ELTRA CORPORATION
`UNION TEXAS NATURAL GAS CORPORATION
`UNION OIL AND GAS OF LOUISIANA
`UNION SULPHUR AND OIL CORPORATION
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`UNION SULPHUR COMPANY,INC., THE
`MINNEAPOLIS-HONEYWELL REGULATOR COMPANY
`SIGNAL COMPANIES, INC., THE
`HANco*ck OIL COMPANY
`BARRETT DIVISION, ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE
`CORPORATION
`SIGNAL OIL & GAS CO.
`BANKLINE OIL COMPANY
`HONEYWELL AVIATION
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`UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS AND PLASTICS
`COMPANY,INC.
`UNION CARBIDE AND CARBON PRODUCTS
`LINDE AIR PRODUCTS COMPANY
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`PFIZER,INC.
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`ALTERNATE ENTITY
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`CHARLES PFIZER AND COMPANY
`CHARLES PFIZER, LTD.
`SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MINERALS COMPANY
`C.K. WILLIAMS COMPANY
`KENNEDY MINERALS COMPANY
`DESERT MINERALS, INC.
`CONTINENTAL MINERALS CORPORATION
`GRANTHAM MINES
`BLUE STAR MINES
`PARKE, DAVIS & COMPANY
`PARKE-DAVIS PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
`WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY
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`CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL
`COMPANYLP
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`DRILLING SPECIALITIES COMPANY LLC
`DRILLING SPECIALTIES COMPANY LLC
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`5.
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`Atall times herein mentioned, defendants, their "alternate entities," and each of
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`them, were and are engagedin the business of mining, processing, sorting, researching,
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`manufacturing, fabricating, designing, modifying, labeling, assembling, distributing, leasing,
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`buying, offering for sale, supplying, selling, inspecting, servicing, installing, removing,
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`manipulating, testing, disturbing, contracting for installation, repairing, marketing, warranting,
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`rebranding, manufacturing for others, packaging and/or advertising a certain substance, the
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`generic name of which is asbestos and other products containing said substance.
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`6.
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`There is general agreement amongscientists, health care providers, physicians,
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`and health and science related agencies and organizations, including but not limited to, the World
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`Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer, American CancerSociety,
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`National CancerInstitute, National Toxicology Program, Environmental Protection Agency,
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`American Thoracic Society, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Consumer Products
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`Safety Commission, and the Unites States Congress that exposure to any asbestos type can
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`increase the risk of disease, including but not limited to sub-clinical pleural, lung, and other
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`organ scarring, cancer, mesothelioma, and non-malignant lung and pleural disorders. Evaluation
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`of all available human data provides no evidence for a "safe" level of asbestos exposure below
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`whichrisk of clinical disease is not increased. The mainstream scientific and medical
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`community is in consensus that exposure to asbestos at current regulatory levels results in excess
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`incidence of mesothelioma and that any occupational or para-occupational exposure to asbestos-
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`even that described as low-level or brief in duration must be regarded as causal in an individual
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`with clinical mesothelioma. "The victim ultimately suffocates from the tumor." (Hernandez v.
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`Amcord, Inc., 215 Cal.App.4th 659, 664.) A rigorous review of the epidemiologic evidence
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`confirmsthat all types of asbestosfibre are causally implicated in the developmentof various
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`diseases and premature death. Numerous well respected international and national scientific
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`organizations, through an impartial and rigorous process of deliberation and evaluation, have
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`concludedthat all forms of asbestos are capable of inducing mesothelioma, lung cancer,
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`including the epidemiology, toxicology, industrial hygiene, biology, pathology, and other related
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`literature published to the time of the respective evaluations. Since the 1960s, the scientific
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`evidence has become overwhelming that occupational and environmental exposure to asbestos
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`can cause asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma. A large numberof studies have reported an
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`excess of mesothelioma and lung cancer among workers who were predominantly exposed to
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`chrysotile asbestos (Kanarek, 2011). For example, excess mortality from lung cancer and
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`mesothelioma has been reported among miners and millers in Quebec (Liddell,et al., 1997),
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`among textile workers in South Carolina (Hein,et al., 2007) and North Carolina (Loomis,etal.,
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`2009), Chinese chrysotile production workers (Wang,et al., 2012), and in Italian miners (Pira,et
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`al., 2009) exposed primarily to chrysotile asbestos.
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`A basic tenet of California law is that everyone is required to use ordinary care in
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`their activities so as to regard the safety of others and prevent injury to others from their conduct
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`or omissions. (Civ. Code, § 1714, subd. (a); Pedeferri v. Seidner Enterprises (2013) 216
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`Cal.App.4th 359, 365; Cabral v. Ralphs (2011) 51 Cal.4th 764; Merrill v, Navegar, Inc. (2002)
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`26 Cal.4th 465; Hilyar v. Union Ice Co. (1955) 45 Cal.2d 30, 36.)
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`Atall times herein mentioned, defendants, their "alternate entities" and each of
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`them, singularly and jointly, failed to use ordinary care to prevent harm to themselvesorto
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`others, negligently acted or failed to act, negligently did something that a reasonably careful
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`person would not do in the samesituation, negligently failed to do something that a reasonably
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`research, manufactured, fabricated, designed, modified, tested orfailed to test, abated or failed to
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`abate, warnedorfailed to warn of the health hazards, labeled or failed to label, assembled,
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`distributed, leased, bought, offered for sale, supplied, sold, inspected orfailed to inspect,
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`serviced, installed, contracted for installation, repaired, marketed, warranted, rebranded,
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`manufactured for others, packaged and advertised, removed, disturbed, failed to recall, and/or
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`failed to retrofit, a certain substance, the generic name of whichis asbestos and other products
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`containing said substance, in that said substance proximately caused personalinjuriesto users,
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`consumers, workers, bystanders, family members, and others, including the plaintiff herein
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`(hereinafter collectively called "exposed persons"), while being used in a mannerthat was
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`Defendants, their "alternate entities," and each of them, had a duty to exercise due
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`care in the pursuanceofthe activities mentioned above and defendants, and each of them,
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`breached said duty of duecare.
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`10.
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`Defendants, their "alternate entities" and each of them, knew, or should have
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`known, and intended that the aforementioned asbestos and products containing asbestos would
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`be transported by truck, rail, ship and other commoncarriers, that in the shipping process the
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`products would break, crumble or be otherwise damaged; and/or that such products would be
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`used for insulation, construction, drywalling, plastering, fireproofing, soundproofing, automotive,
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`aircraft and/or other applications, including, but not limited to mixing, sawing, chipping,
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`hammering, scraping, sanding, drilling, breaking, removal, "nip-out," clean up, and other
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`manipulation, resulting in the indiscriminate or other release of airborne asbestosfibers, and that
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`through such foreseeable use and/or handling "exposed persons," including plaintiff herein,
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`would use or be in proximity to and exposed to said asbestos fibers, which contaminated the
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`packaging, products, environment, and clothing of persons working in proximity to said
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`products, directly or through reentrainment.
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`Defendants, their "alternate entities" and each of them, knew, or should have
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`known, and intended that the aforementioned asbestos and asbestos-containing products would
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`be used, manipulated, or handled as specified in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and
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`incorporated by reference herein, resulting in the release of airborne asbestosfibers, and that
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`through such foreseeable use and/or handling “exposed persons," including plaintiff herein,
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`asbestos and asbestos-containing products referred to herein in a manner that was reasonably
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`foreseeable and from the intended use of the product. Plaintiff's exposure to asbestos and
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`asbestos-containing products occurred at various locationsasset forth in Exhibit A, which is
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`Asadirect and proximate result of the conduct or omissions of the defendants,
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