Several Defendants Dismissed from Calif. Chemical Exposure Case

LOS ANGELES -- A California superior court has found that challenges to a plaintiff's chemical exposure lawsuit on pleading grounds were well taken and it has dismissed claims against several of the defendants, sources told HarrisMartin. Estrada, et al. v. ITT Industries/Gilfillan, et al., No. LC073203 (Calif. Super. Ct., Los Angeles Cty.).

In the two-page Jan. 23 order, the Los Angeles County Superior Court dismissed the action as filed against Emerson, Chemtura Corp., Cardinal Industiral Finishes, Mallinckrodt Baker Inc., H.B. Fuller Co., American Chemical Inc., Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp., the Clorox Co., Shell Oil Co., Spraylat Corp., Kop-Coat …