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Beryllium Claims
−Removed: As of October 1, 2021, our subsidiary, Materion Brush Inc., was a defendant in two beryllium cases.
−Removed: During 2020, one beryllium case was filed.
+Added: As of April 1, 2022, our subsidiary, Materion Brush Inc., was a defendant in two beryllium cases;
+Added: however, a settlement agreement has been reached in one of those cases and the Company is awaiting the filing of the dismissal.
In Richard Miller v.
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The court entered a scheduling order on September 14, 2021 that did not set a date for trial.
+Added: An amended scheduling order was entered on April 8, 2022, but a date for trial was not set.
The Company believes that it has substantive defenses and intends to vigorously defend this suit.
−Removed: In 2019, one beryllium case was filed.
In Ronald Dwayne Manning v.
−Removed: et al., case number 19CI000219, filed in the Superior Court of the State of California, Tehama County, and later removed to the United States District Court, Eastern District of California (Sacramento Division), case number 2:19-CV-02202-MCE-DMC, the Company is one of four named defendants and 120 Doe defendants.
+Added: et al., case number 19CI000219, filed in the Superior Court of the State of California, Tehama County, and later removed to the United States District Court, Eastern District of California (Sacramento Division), case number 2:19-CV-02202-MCE-DMC, the Company is one of three named defendants and 120 Doe defendants.
The plaintiff alleges that he contracted beryllium disease from exposures to beryllium-containing products during his employment as an auto mechanic, welder, sprinkler installer, and movie projector operator, and asserts claims for negligence, strict liability, fraudulent concealment, and breach of implied warranties.
The plaintiff seeks economic damages, non-economic damages, consequential damages, and punitive damages.
−Removed: The Company believes that it has substantive defenses and intends to vigorously defend this suit.
+Added: A settlement agreement has been reached in the this case, and the Company is awaiting the filing of the dismissal.
+Added: No beryllium cases were filed in the first quarter of 2022.
The Company has insurance coverage, which may respond, subject to an annual deductible.
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Plaintiff, a former hourly production employee at the Company's Elmore, Ohio facility, alleges, among other things, that he and other similarly situated employees nationwide are not paid for all time they spend donning and doffing personal protective equipment in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and Ohio law.
−Removed: The case is currently in the preliminary stages.
−Removed: The Company believes that it has substantive defenses and intends to vigorously defend this suit.
+Added: The case remains in the preliminary stages while the parties have explored a negotiated resolution.
+Added: The Company believes that it has substantive defenses and intends to vigorously defend this suit absent a negotiated resolution.
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