Landaker
Landaker v. A.W. Chesterton Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Cynthia Landaker, et al., No. 2:19-cv-00987-KJM-JDP Plaintiffs, ORDER Vv. Eaton Corporation, et al., Defendants. 16 The matter is before the court on the defendants’ motions for summary judgment. ECF Nos. 96, 100. The court held a hearing by videoconference on November 6, 2020. Richard Brody and Ronald Shingler appeared for the plaintiff. Charles Park appeared for defendant Foster Wheeler, LLC. Jane Yee appeared for defendant Eaton Corporation. The motions are denied. A court may grant summary judgment only if “no genuine dispute as to any material fact” remains unresolved and “the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a). The “threshold inquiry” is whether “there are any genuine factual issues that properly can 24 be resolved only by a finder of fact because they may reasonably be resolved in favor of either party.” Anderson v.…