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Two Years. Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 335.1.
Does discovery rule apply? Yes. Fox v. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., 35 Cal.4th 797, 110 P.3d 914, (Cal., 2005.) Norgart v. Upjohn Co., 21 Cal.4th 383, 405 (1999).
Two Years. Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 335.1 (2002).
Yes. Fox v. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., 35 Cal.4th 797, 110 P.3d 914, Cal., 2005. Norgart v. Upjohn Co., 21 Cal.4th 383, 405 (1999).
(1) Within one year after the date the plaintiff first suffered disability.
(2) Within one year after the date the plaintiff either knew, or through the exercise of reasonable diligence should have known, that such disability was caused or contributed to by such exposure.
(b) “Disability” as used in subdivision (a) means the loss of time from work as a result of such exposure which precludes the performance of the employee's regular occupation.
Determining when the statute of limitations begins to run for asbestos claims in California is a two step process. First, you must determine whether the client is“disabled” under Cal. Civ. Proc. §340.2(b). If the client is not disabled as defined by subsection (b), then the statute has not yet begun to run and the client’s claims are not time-barred.
•Individuals who retired from work for reasons unrelated to any asbestos-related illness the person may have.
•An employee who took some time off from work due to an asbestos-related condition, but later returned to work at his or her regular occupation.
•Students, homemakers, and others who have never been employed.
•Anyone who is still working in his or her regular occupation.
•An employee who retires in part due to medical advice regarding his or her asbestos-related illness, but was still medically able to continue working when he or she retired.
If the client is disabled, you must next determine when the client either knew, or should have known that the cause of his or her disability was exposure to asbestos.

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