Oral Argument Scheduled in Toxic Exposure Appeal Challenging Maxton Raw Metal Ruling

LOS ANGELES –– An appellate court in California will hear oral arguments this month in an appeal brought by a plaintiff whose toxic exposure complaint was dismissed on grounds that the component parts doctrine barred the claims.

According to a March 6 docket entry, the 2nd District of the California Court of Appeal scheduled oral argument for March 18 at 9 a.m. in the case of Francisco Uriarte, whose claims were dismissed under Maxton v. Western State Metals (2012, 203 Cal.App.4th 81).

Uriarte’s appeal is one of two currently pending before the 2nd District Court of Appeal; Falvio Ramos …