2 Calif. Metalworkers Challenge Dismissal Based on Component Parts Doctrine

LOS ANGELES –– Two plaintiffs whose claims were dismissed in accordance with California’s Maxton ruling have appealed, contending that the products at issue in their cases were never incorporated into any finished products, a requirement of the component parts doctrine.

Plaintiffs Flavio Ramos and Francisco Uriarte filed their appellate briefs in the 2nd District of California’s Court of Appeal on July 16 and April 10, respectively. Both appeals arise out of dismissals under Maxton v. Western State Metals (2012, 203 Cal.App.4th 81), which the plaintiffs argue is an “unprecedented” expansion of the component parts doctrine.

Plaintiff John Maxton complained that …