DYE v. CATERPILLAR, INC.

Nos. A127191, A127797.

195 Cal.App.4th 1366 (2011)

DONALD W. DYE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CATERPILLAR, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents. DONALD W. DYE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. INGERSOLL RAND COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

May 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent Coon & Associates, Richard A. Brody , Karen J. Chedister , Paula A. Rasmussen and Michael A. Levy for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Steven D. Wasserman , Kirk C. Jenkins and Brian R. Thompson for Defendant and Respondent Caterpillar, Inc.

Krieg, Keller, Sloan, Reilley & Roman, Mary Eileen Reilley , Allison Lane Cooper and Dani H. Rogers for Defendant and Respondent NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc.

Stevens, Drummond & Gifford, David A. Gifford , Gary T. Drummond and Robert G. Engel for Defendant and Respondent Gardner Denver, Inc.

Gordon & Rees, Michael J. Pietrykowski and Don Willenburg for Defendant and Respondent Ingersoll Rand Company.

Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, Rodney L. Eshelman and Laurie J. Hepler for Defendant and Respondent Lippmann-Milwaukee, Inc.

McKenna Long & Aldridge, Lisa L. Oberg and Daniel B. Hoye for Defendants and Respondents Terex Corporation and Cedarapids, Inc.

Hanson Bridgett , Merton A. Howard and Eric W. Junginger for Defendant and Respondent Telsmith, Inc.

Bassi Edlin Huie & Blum, Fred M. Blum and Antonio P. Garcia, Jr. , for Defendants and Respondents Deister Machine Company, Inc., and Portec, Inc.

Selman Breitman , A. Scott Goldberg , Rachel E. Hobbs and Richard M. Lee for Defendant and Respondent Bucyrus International.

Burnham Brown , Eric R. Haas and Ulla M. Pajala for Defendant and Respondent The Robbins Company.

McMillan & Shureen and George J. Keller for Defendant and Respondent Atlas Copco North America, LLC.

Epstein Becker & Green, Steven R. Blackburn and Andrew J. Sommer for Defendants and Respondents EIMCO/Trident and Sandvik Mining and Construction USA LLC.


OPINION

BRUINIERS, J.

Donald W. Dye and his wife, Valerie (hereafter the Dyes), allege that Donald suffered from silicosis and other pulmonary diseases as a result of exposure to silica in his use of defendants' defective products.1 In a prior unpublished opinion on consolidated appeals (Dye v. Caterpillar (Nov. 17, 2008, A114948, A116022)),...

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