Hansen

Hansen v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.

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1996 Cal. App. LEXIS 1164·51 Cal. App. 4th 753·59 Cal. Rptr. 2d 229·96 Daily Journal DAR 15050·96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9107

Court of Appeal of CaliforniaNovember 13, 1996Docket Nos. A073072, A073074California2,240 words

Opinion

Lambden, J.

These consolidated appeals arise out of claims of personal injury and wrongful death allegedly caused from exposure to asbestos. In one action, John Hansen filed suit in California against Owens-Coming Fiberglas Corporation (OC) and 199 other named defendants, alleging personal injury from his own exposure to asbestos. In another, he and his children filed a wrongful death and survival suit in California, against the same defendants, on behalf of his deceased wife, Mary, alleging her injury and death resulting from secondhand exposure to asbestos.

Hansen appeals orders granting OC’s motions to dismiss or stay, for forum non conveniens, and denying his motions for reconsideration and relief. We will affirm them.

Background

In September 1995, Hansen filed an amended complaint in his first action (No. 971863) alleging personal injury as a result of exposure to asbestos and asbestos-containing products. He claimed he had been exposed to asbestos while working as a laborer for Boeing in Seattle, Washington from 1939 to 1940; as a boilermaker’s helper in Great Falls, Montana from 1940 to 1942; while serving in the military in South Carolina, Illinois and Louisiana from 1942…

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