Speck
Speck v. 3M Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CHARLES ANTHONY SPECK, et al., Case No. 20-cv-05845-JD
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT
v.
CBS CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.
12 In this wrongful death action, representatives of the estate of John Speck allege that Speck developed asbestosis while serving as a civilian electrician in the 1960s through the 1980s at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY) in California, where he inspected and repaired electrical equipment that contained “asbestos arc chutes, ebony board, phenolic materials, paper, wire and cable.” Dkt. No. 260 at 6. Speck was diagnosed with asbestosis in 2011 and died in 2021. Id. at 3. In a second amended complaint (SAC), plaintiffs alleged claims for product liability, fraud, negligence, and the like against multiple manufacturers. See Dkt. No. 260. Several defendants have been dismissed by agreement with plaintiffs. Nine of the remaining defendants -- General Dynamics Corporation, Bath Iron Works Corporation, Eaton Corporation, Gould…