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In Scheiding v General Motors Corp. (77 Cal Rptr 2d 339 [Ct App, 1st Dist, Div 2], review granted 79 Cal Rptr 2d 408, 966 P2d 442 [1998]),[*] the Court of Appeal, First District, Division 2, affirmed the trial court's dismissal of all of plaintiffs' asbestos tort actions. Relying on Napier (supra) and its progeny, the court in Scheiding found that "the BIA occupies the field of locomotive equipment design, manufacture and materials, preempting all state law claims within that field."
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