MARGARITA GUZMAN ET AL VS. AMERICAN OPTICAL CORPORATION ET AL

SF Superior Court - Asbestos Law & Motion - CGC23277142 - August 5, 2025 Hearing date: August 5, 2025 Case number: CGC23277142 Case title: MARGARITA GUZMAN ET AL VS. AMERICAN OPTICAL CORPORATION ET AL Case Number: | | CGC23277142 | Case Title: | | MARGARITA GUZMAN ET AL VS. AMERICAN OPTICAL CORPORATION ET AL | Court Date: | | 2025-08-05 09:00 AM | Calendar Matter: | | MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT | Rulings: | | On Asbestos Law and Motion Calendar for Tuesday, August 5, 2025, in Department 304, Line 2.

Defendant Temporary Plant Cleaners Inc's ("Defendant" or "TPC") Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED. Opposition filed. Reply filed.

Plaintiffs' evidentiary objections to the (1) Deposition of Allen Campbell in its entirety and the (2) Deposition of Denzil Parker, Jr. in its entirety are SUSTAINED as inadmissible hearsay.

Defendant's Objections The Court did not consider Exhibit A (Plant Maintenance Inc's Supplemental Answers to General Order 129 Interrogatories dated, April 22, 1998) or Exhibit B (Declaration of William Mechling, Dated December 16, 2022, offered in Paulette Connor, et al. v. Asbestos Defendants B ̃P, San Francisco Superior Court Case No. CGC-07-274205).

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