LOCKETTT v. A.O. SMITH CORPORATION

Case No. 3:14-cv-00379-CRB.

CHARLES P. LOCKETTT and DORI LOCKETT, Plaintiffs, v. A.O. SMITH CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California, San Francisco Division.

September 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. Lockett, Plaintiff, represented by Ethan A Horn , Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP, Damon A. Schwartz , Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik LLP, Matthew Peter Juhren , Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, Ron G. Archer , Napoli, Bern, Ripka, Shkolnik and Associates LLP & Russell Alden Brown , Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP.

Dori Lockett, Plaintiff, represented by Ethan A Horn , Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP, Damon A. Schwartz , Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik LLP, Matthew Peter Juhren , Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, Ron G. Archer , Napoli, Bern, Ripka, Shkolnik and Associates LLP & Russell Alden Brown , Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP.

West American Insurance Company, Intervenor Pla, represented by Theodore Thomas Cordery , Imai Tadlock Keeney & Cordery, LLP, Jill James Hoffman , Imai, Tadlock, Keeney & Cordery, LLP & Stephen Earl Carlson , Imai, Tadlock, Keeney & Cordery, LLP.

Air and Liquid Systems Corporation, Defendant, represented by Glen R. Powell , Gordon & Rees LLP.

Allied Insulation Supply Company, Inc., Defendant, represented by Kathryn Lucille Hoff , Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Molly Anne Landon Friend , Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, LLP & William Murray Hake , Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP.

Armstrong International, Inc., Defendant, represented by James Francis Regan , Low Ball and Lynch & Sonja E. Blomquist , Low, Ball & Lynch.

Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., Defendant, represented by Eimi Watanabe , WIlson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP.

Carrier Corporation, Defendant, represented by Sara Kristin Egide .

Carver Pump Company, Defendant, represented by Joni Lynn Loomis , Berkes Crane Robinson Seal, LLP.

CBS Corporation, Defendant, represented by Frank D. Pond , Pond North LLP, Justin Finnell Cronin , Poind North LLP, Kevin Douglas Jamison , Pond North LLP, Kimberly Lynn Rivera , Pond North LLP, Gavin David Whitis , Pond North LLP & Mary Katherine Back , Pond North LLP.

Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company, LLC, Defendant, represented by Arpi Galfayan , Prindle, Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes and Reinholtz LLP, Carla Lynn Crochet , Prindle, Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes & Reinholz LLP & Jeremy David Milbrodt , Prindle, Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP.

Cleaver Brooks, Inc., Defendant, represented by Elizabeth Rebecca Bain , Foley and Mansfield PLLP.

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

FMC Corporation, Defendant, represented by Gavin David Whitis , Pond North LLP, Justin Finnell Cronin , Poind North LLP, Kevin Douglas Jamison , Pond North LLP & Russell William Schatz, Jr. , Pond North LLP.

Fryer-Knowles, Inc., Defendant, represented by Bryan Stofferahn , Charles Stewart Bishop , Connor, Bishop & Stofferahn LLP, Rachel Hannah Leonard , Connor, Bishop & Stofferahn LLP & Steven Frederick Egler , Bryan Cave LLP.

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

Georgia Pacific, LLC, formerly known as Georgia Pacific Corporation, Defendant, represented by Daniel Dennis O'Shea , Perkins Coie LLP.

Hanson Permanente Cement, Inc., Defendant, represented by Amber R. Craig , DeHay & Elliston LLP & Jennifer Judin , DeHay and Elliston LLP.

Hill Brothers Chemical Company, Defendant, represented by Marisa Renee Chaves , Vasquez Estrada Conway & Michael Anthony Vasquez , Vasquez Estrada & Conway LLP.

Hollingsworth & Vose Company, Defendant, represented by William J. Goines , Greenberg Traurig, LLP & Alice Y Chu , Greenberg Traurig.

Homosote Company, Defendant, represented by David Michael Glaspy , Glaspy and Glaspy.

Honeywell International, Inc., Defendant, represented by Daniel Dennis O'Shea , Perkins Coie LLP.

IMO Industries, Inc., Defendant, represented by Bobbie Rae Bailey , Leader & Berkon LLP, Justin M. Tafe , Leader and Berkon LLP & Karleen Frances Murphy , Leader & Berkon LLP.

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

ITT Corporation, Defendant, represented by Arpi Galfayan , Prindle, Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes and Reinholtz LLP, Carla Lynn Crochet , Prindle, Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes & Reinholz LLP & Jeremy David Milbrodt , Prindle, Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP.

J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc., Defendant, represented by Hillary H. Huth , Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins & McCall, LLP.

Lorillard Tobacco Company, Defendant, represented by William J. Goines , Greenberg Traurig, LLP & Alice Y Chu , Greenberg Traurig.

Oakfabco, Inc., formerly known as Kewanee Boiler Corp., Defendant, represented by Richard D. Dumont , Selman Breitman LLP & William Joseph Gunter , Selman Breitman LLP.

Parker-Hannifin Corporation, Successor Sacomo-Sierra Corp., Defendant, represented by Joseph Blaise Adams , Bassi Martini Edlin & Blum, LLP.

Riley Power, Inc., Defendant, represented by Deborah M.D. Gustafson , Foley Mansfield, PLLP.

William Powell Company, Defendant, represented by Arturo Esteban Sandoval , Foley & Mansfield PLLP, Douglas Garth Wah , Foley Mansfield, PLLP & Khaled Taqi-Eddin , Foley & Mansfield PLLP.

Thomas Dee Engineering Co. Inc., Defendant, represented by Elisabeth Anne Hansen-Baum , Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins & McCall LLP & Michael Todd McCall , Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins, McCall LLP.

Trane US, Inc., Defendant, represented by Arpi Galfayan , Prindle, Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes and Reinholtz LLP & Carla Lynn Crochet , Prindle, Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes & Reinholz LLP.

Trane US, Inc., formerly known as American Standard, Inc., Defendant, represented by Jeremy David Milbrodt , Prindle, Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP.

Velan Valve Corp., Defendant, represented by Alecia Elizabeth Cotton , McKenna Long Aldridge & Arlene Carol-Mendoza Barton , McKenna Long Aldridge.

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

Zurn Industries, LLC, Successor Erie City Ironworks, Defendant, represented by Elizabeth Rebecca Bain , Foley and Mansfield PLLP.

Allied Packing and Supply, Inc., Defendant, represented by Theodore Thomas Cordery , Imai Tadlock Keeney & Cordery, LLP.

Exxon Mobil Corporation, Defendant, represented by Bradley P. Kaplan , Carlson Calladine & Peterson, William H. Armstrong , Armstrong & Associates, LLP & Jennifer Denise Fitzpatrick , Armstrong & Associates, LLP.

Charles P. Lockett, Intervenor Dft, represented by Theodore Thomas Cordery , Imai Tadlock Keeney & Cordery, LLP, Jill James Hoffman , Imai, Tadlock, Keeney & Cordery, LLP & Stephen Earl Carlson , Imai, Tadlock, Keeney & Cordery, LLP.

Dori Lockett, Intervenor Dft, represented by Theodore Thomas Cordery , Imai Tadlock Keeney & Cordery, LLP, Jill James Hoffman , Imai, Tadlock, Keeney & Cordery, LLP & Stephen Earl Carlson , Imai, Tadlock, Keeney & Cordery, LLP.

Air and Liquid Systems Corporation, Cross-defendant, represented by Glen R. Powell , Gordon & Rees LLP.

Allied Insulation Supply Company, Inc., Cross-defendant, represented by Kathryn Lucille Hoff , Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP.

Allied Packing and Supply, Inc., Cross-defendant, represented by Theodore Thomas Cordery , Imai Tadlock Keeney & Cordery, LLP.

Armstrong International, Inc., Cross-defendant, represented by James Francis Regan , Low Ball and Lynch & Sonja E. Blomquist , Low, Ball & Lynch.

BASF Catalyst LLC, Cross-defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Peters , Reed Smith LLP.

Borgwarner Morse Tec, Inc., Cross-defendant, represented by Kimberly Chew , Burnham Brown.

CBS Corporation, Cross-defendant, represented by Frank D. Pond , Pond North LLP, Justin Finnell Cronin , Poind North LLP, Kevin Douglas Jamison , Pond North LLP, Kimberly Lynn Rivera , Pond North LLP, Gavin David Whitis , Pond North LLP & Mary Katherine Back , Pond North LLP.

Carrier Corporation, Cross-defendant, represented by Sara Kristin Egide .

Carver Pump Company, Cross-defendant, represented by Joni Lynn Loomis , Berkes Crane Robinson Seal, LLP.

Chevron USA Inc., Cross-defendant, represented by Brian Michael Davies , Sedgwick LLP.

Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company, LLC, Cross-defendant, represented by Arpi Galfayan , Prindle, Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes and Reinholtz LLP.

Crane Co., Cross-defendant, represented by Michele Cherie Barnes , K&L Gates LLP & Peter Edward Soskin , K&L Gates LLP.

Exxon Mobil Corporation, Cross-defendant, represented by Bradley P. Kaplan , Carlson Calladine & Peterson & William H. Armstrong , Armstrong & Associates, LLP.

ExxonMobil Oil Corporation, Cross-defendant, represented by William H. Armstrong , Armstrong & Associates, LLP.

FMC Corporation, Cross-defendant, represented by Gavin David Whitis , Pond North LLP, Justin Finnell Cronin , Poind North LLP, Kevin Douglas Jamison , Pond North LLP & Russell William Schatz, Jr. , Pond North LLP.

Fryer-Knowles, Inc., Cross-defendant, represented by Steven Frederick Egler , Bryan Cave LLP.

General Electric Company, Cross-defendant, represented by Charles Todd Sheldon , Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins & McCall LLP, Derek S. Johnson , Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins & McCall LLP & Katherine Paige Gardiner , Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins & McCall LLP.

Grinnell LLC, Cross-defendant, represented by Amy Jo Talarico , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP & Kristina Francia Almquist , Morgan Lewis and Bockius LLP.

Hanson Permanente Cement, Inc., Cross-defendant, represented by Amber R. Craig , DeHay & Elliston LLP & Jennifer Judin , DeHay and Elliston LLP.

Hill Brothers Chemical Company, Cross-defendant, represented by Marisa Renee Chaves , Vasquez Estrada Conway & Michael Anthony Vasquez , Vasquez Estrada & Conway LLP.

Hollingsworth & Vose Company, Cross-defendant, represented by William J. Goines , Greenberg Traurig, LLP & Alice Y Chu , Greenberg Traurig.

Homosote Company, Cross-defendant, represented by David Michael Glaspy , Glaspy and Glaspy.

IMO Industries, Inc., Cross-defendant, represented by Bobbie Rae Bailey , Leader & Berkon LLP, Justin M. Tafe , Leader and Berkon LLP & Karleen Frances Murphy , Leader & Berkon LLP.

ITT Corporation, Cross-defendant, represented by Arpi Galfayan , Prindle, Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes and Reinholtz LLP.

Ingersoll-Rand Company, Cross-defendant, represented by Arpi Galfayan , Prindle, Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes and Reinholtz LLP.

J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc., Cross-defendant, represented by Hillary H. Huth , Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins & McCall, LLP.

Lorillard Tobacco Company, Cross-defendant, represented by William J. Goines , Greenberg Traurig, LLP & Alice Y Chu , Greenberg Traurig.

NMBFIL, Inc., Cross-defendant, represented by Lance Douglas Wilson , Tucker Ellis LLP & Ferlin Peregrino Ruiz , Tucker Ellis LLP.

Oakfabco, Inc., Cross-defendant, represented by William Joseph Gunter , Selman Breitman LLP.

Riley Power, Inc., Cross-defendant, represented by Deborah M.D. Gustafson , Foley Mansfield, PLLP.

Trane US, Inc., Cross-defendant, represented by Arpi Galfayan , Prindle, Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes and Reinholtz LLP.

Union Oil Company of California, Cross-defendant, represented by Brian Michael Davies , Sedgwick LLP.

Velan Valve Corp., Cross-defendant, represented by Alecia Elizabeth Cotton , McKenna Long Aldridge & Arlene Carol-Mendoza Barton , McKenna Long Aldridge.

Warren Pumps, LLC, Cross-defendant, represented by James P. Cunningham , Tucker Ellis LLP.

William Powell Company, Cross-defendant, represented by Arturo Esteban Sandoval , Foley & Mansfield PLLP, Douglas Garth Wah , Foley Mansfield, PLLP & Khaled Taqi-Eddin , Foley & Mansfield PLLP.

Zurn Industries, LLC, Cross-defendant, represented by Elizabeth Rebecca Bain , Foley and Mansfield PLLP.


ORDER DISMISSING ALL CLAIMS OF INTERVENORS COMPLAINT IN INTERVENTION AGAINST DEFENDANTS IN INTERVENTION AND PLAINTIFFS

CHARLES R. BREYER, District Judge.

ORDER

Having reviewed the Joint Motion to Dismiss all claims of Intervenors HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, WEST AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO., and ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Successor in Interest to Zurich...

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