WHALEN v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CORPORATION

No. C 14-00436 WHA.

ROBERT WHALEN and LINDA WHALEN, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

April 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T Whalen, Plaintiff, represented by Alan R. Brayton , Brayton Purcell LLP, David R. Donadio , Brayton Purcell LLP & Kimberly Joy Wai Jun Chu , Brayton Purcell LLP.

Linda Whalen, Plaintiff, represented by Kimberly Joy Wai Jun Chu , Brayton Purcell LLP.

General Electric Company, Defendant, represented by Charles Todd Sheldon , Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins & McCall LLP, Derek S. Johnson , Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins & McCall LLP, Dylan Daniel Rudolph , Walsworth Franklin Bevins McCall LLP & Katherine Paige Gardiner , Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins & McCall LLP.

Crane Co., Defendant, represented by Brendan John Tuohy , K&L GATES, LLP, Michele Cherie Barnes , K&L Gates LLP & Peter Edward Soskin , K&L Gates LLP.

CBS Corporation, Defendant, represented by Kevin Douglas Jamison , Pond North LLP, Kimberly Lynn Rivera , Pond North LLP & Mary Katherine Back , Pond North LLP.

Nibco Inc., Defendant, represented by Gregory Scott Rosse , Brydon Hugo & Parker & Edward R. Hugo , Brydon Hugo & Parker.

Fisher Controls International LLC, Defendant, represented by Gary D. Sharp , Foley & Manfield, PLLP, Tsun-Chi Eric Sun , Foley and Mansfield PLLP & Elizabeth Catherine Sears , Foley Mansfield, P.L.L.P..

Ingersoll-Rand Company, Defendant, represented by Carla Lynn Crochet , Prindle, Decker and Amaro & Arpi Galfayan , Prindle, Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes and Reinholtz LLP.

Warren Pumps LLC, Defendant, represented by James P. Cunningham , Tucker Ellis LLP.

Lockheed Shipbuilding Company, Defendant, represented by Guy P. Glazier , Knott & Glazier LLP, Laura Patricia Yee , Knott & Glazier LLP & Brian Thomas Clark , Glazier Yee LLLP.

General Dynamics Corporation, Defendant, represented by Edward R. Hugo , Brydon Hugo & Parker, Paul M. Bessette , Brydon Hugo Parker, Thomas J Moses , Brydon Hugo & Parker & Charles S. Park , Brydon Hugo & Parker.


ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS AND MOTION TO STRIKE

WILLIAM ALSUP, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

In this asbestos products-liability action, one of many defendants moves to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and moves to strike portions of the complaint pursuant to Rule 12(f). For the following reasons, the motion to dismiss is DENIED and the motion to strike is DENIED AS MOOT...

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