Court Reverses Summary Judgment, Notes Plaintiff's Recollection of Defendant's Trucks at Work Site

SAN FRANCISCO - A California appeals court has reversed an award of summary judgment in an asbestos case after determining that the plaintiff created an issue of fact when he recalled seeing delivery trucks bearing the defendant's name at his work site. Roberts, et al. v. Metalclad Insulation Corp., et al., No. A101728 (Calif. App. Ct., First Dist.).

The California First District Court of Appeal issued the opinion March 5 following an appeal by plaintiff Richard L. Roberts, a former plumber and pipefitter who sued several defendants alleging that his exposure to asbestos at a Long Beach Naval Shipyard caused …