Our plain-English summary of Rhodes v. Mcic, Inc. (U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, January 3, 2017).
The family of Earl J. Rhodes sued many companies in Maryland state court, saying he died of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related disease diagnosed in October 2015. The case was removed to federal court. The complaint said he worked in the Navy, a shipyard, a steel company, and trucking and truck-repair jobs between 1952 and the late 1970s. Honeywell and Ingersoll Rand asked for judgment on the pleadings. The court read the short-form complaint together with the master complaint and found them insufficient. They gave only broad conclusions and a formulaic recitation of negligence and strict liability, grouped all defendants together, and did not narrow the time period for any defendant. They also pleaded no facts meeting Maryland's frequency, regularity and proximity test for causation. Any fraud or conspiracy claims lacked the particularity Rule 9(b) requires. The court granted both motions but let the plaintiffs file an amended complaint by January 31, 2017, giving specific facts about every defendant.
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The decision
- Court: U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
- Decided: January 3, 2017
- Stage: Motion to dismiss
- State: Maryland
Outcome. The court granted Honeywell's and Ingersoll Rand's motions for judgment on the pleadings because the plaintiffs' complaint failed to state a plausible claim, but allowed the plaintiffs to file an amended complaint by January 31, 2017.
What the court held. A complaint that relies on conclusions and a formulaic recitation of negligence and strict liability, lumps all defendants together, and pleads no facts on frequency, regularity and proximity of exposure fails Rule 8(a) plausibility; fraud must also be pleaded with particularity under Rule 9(b).
Issues decided: Causation, Trial Procedure and Discovery, Product Identification.
The people and their exposure
- Earl J. Rhodes: mesothelioma; died
| Who | Work | Where | When | Products |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl J. Rhodes | laborer and boilermaker (the Navy); military service | USS Tarawa CV40 | 1952-1956 | |
| Earl J. Rhodes | laborer, welder and boilermaker (shipyards and maritime work) | Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland | 1956-1959 | |
| Earl J. Rhodes | laborer (iron and steel) | Eastern Stainless Steel | 1959-1963 | |
| Earl J. Rhodes | laborer and mechanic | James Gibbons Trucking, Hess Oil Company and Strescon Industries, Inc. | 1963-1972 | |
| Earl J. Rhodes | laborer, truck mechanic and salesman | Earl's Luber-Finer & Sons Sales & Service | 1972-late 1970s |
The defendants
- Honeywell International, Incorporated (manufacturer)
- Ingersoll Rand Company (manufacturer)
Other decisions in this case
Other rulings from the same court in the same case, in our library:
- Rhodes v. McIC, Inc. (September 29, 2016). The court denied the plaintiffs' motion to remand and their alternative motion to sever and remand the non-Crane Co. claims, so Crane Co. kept its federal forum under the federal officer removal statute.
Decisions this opinion cites
Earlier decisions in our library that the court cited:
- Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Balbos (Maryland Court of Appeals, 1992). The Court of Appeals of Maryland affirmed the compensatory judgments for the Balbos and Knuckles plaintiffs against Eagle-Picher and the other defendants, except that it reversed the Knuckles judgment against Porter Hayden for lack of proof, and it ordered a new trial on punitive damages against Owens-Illinois and Eagle-Picher.
The court's opinion
The text below is Google Scholar's copy of the court's opinion, a public record. Numbers in brackets, such as [*921], mark where each page of the printed reporter begins.
ESTHER RHODES et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
MCIC, INC., etal., Defendants.
Civil No. JKB-16-2459.
January 3, 2017.
United States District Court, D. Maryland.
EstheRhodes, Plaintiff, represented by Michael Timothy Edmonds, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl. Esther Rhodes, Plaintiff, represented by Peter T. Nicholl, Law Office of Peter T. Nicholl & Teresa Epps Cummings, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl.
Bette Rhodes Beachy, Plaintiff, represented by Michael Timothy Edmonds, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl, Peter T. Nicholl, Law Office of Peter T. Nicholl & Teresa Epps Cummings, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl.
Cathy Joyce Varela, Plaintiff, represented by Michael Timothy Edmonds, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl, Peter T. Nicholl, Law Office of Peter T. Nicholl & Teresa Epps Cummings, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl.
James Rhodes, Plaintiff, represented by Michael Timothy Edmonds, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl, Peter T. Nicholl, Law Office of Peter T. Nicholl & Teresa Epps Cummings, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl.
Dale Rhodes, Plaintiff, represented by Michael Timothy Edmonds, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl, Peter T. Nicholl, Law Office of Peter T. Nicholl & Teresa Epps Cummings, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl.
MCIC, Inc, Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Uniroyal, Inc., Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
CBS Corporation of Delaware, Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
General Refractories, Co., Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP, Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. A.W. Chesterton Co., Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Warren Pumps, Inc., Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Honeywell International Inc., Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Alicia N. Ritchie, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Jonathan James Huber, Miles & Stockbridge P.C..
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC & Dawn Danielle Gile, MacDonald Law Group LLC.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
General Electric Company, Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
The A. O. Smith Corporation, Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Dana Corporation, Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Crane Co., Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC & Dawn Danielle Gile, MacDonald Law Group LLC.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Warren Pumps, LLC, Defendant, represented by Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla.
General Electric Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC, Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC, David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Claimant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff. Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP. Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Honeywell International Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC. Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP. Warren Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Claimant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff. Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP. Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Honeywell International Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Alicia N. Ritchie, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Jonathan James Huber, Miles & Stockbridge P.C..
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP. Warren Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Claimant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. General Electric Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Honeywell International Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC. Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Crane Co., Cross Claimant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. General Electric Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Honeywell International Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC. Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Claimant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. General Electric Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Honeywell International Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC. Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Claimant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Claimant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Claimant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Claimant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Claimant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP, Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foseco, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. General Electric Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP, Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Honeywell International Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Alicia N. Ritchie, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Jonathan James Huber, Miles & Stockbridge P.C..
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Richard Damon Albert, Steptoe and Johnson LLP & Jamie Michelle Hertz, Steptoe & Johnson LLP.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Warren Pumps, LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Warren Pumps, Inc., Cross Claimant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foseco, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. General Electric Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP, Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Honeywell International Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Alicia N. Ritchie, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Jonathan James Huber, Miles & Stockbridge P.C..
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Richard Damon Albert, Steptoe and Johnson LLP & Jamie Michelle Hertz, Steptoe & Johnson LLP.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Warren Pumps, LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cross Claimant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. General Electric Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP, Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Cross Claimant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. General Electric Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP, Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Cross Claimant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Bette Rhodes Beachy, Cross Defendant, represented by Michael Timothy Edmonds, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl, Peter T. Nicholl, Law Office of Peter T. Nicholl & Teresa Epps Cummings, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl. CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP. Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foseco, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. General Electric Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Honeywell International Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Alicia N. Ritchie, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Jonathan James Huber, Miles & Stockbridge P.C..
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Richard Damon Albert, Steptoe and Johnson LLP & Jamie Michelle Hertz, Steptoe & Johnson LLP.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Dale Rhodes, Cross Defendant, represented by Michael Timothy Edmonds, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl, Peter T. Nicholl, Law Office of Peter T. Nicholl & Teresa Epps Cummings, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl.
Esther Rhodes, Cross Defendant, represented by Michael Timothy Edmonds, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl, Peter T. Nicholl, Law Office of Peter T. Nicholl & Teresa Epps Cummings, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl. James Rhodes, Cross Defendant, represented by Michael Timothy Edmonds, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl, Peter T. Nicholl, Law Office of Peter T. Nicholl & Teresa Epps Cummings, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl. Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Cathy Joyce Varela, Cross Defendant, represented by Michael Timothy Edmonds, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl, Peter T. Nicholl, Law Office of Peter T. Nicholl & Teresa Epps Cummings, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl. Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Warren Pumps, LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. General Electric Company, Cross Claimant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc.,Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foseco, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. General Electric Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP, Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Honeywell International Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Alicia N. Ritchie, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Jonathan James Huber, Miles & Stockbridge P.C..
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Richard Damon Albert, Steptoe and Johnson LLP & Jamie Michelle Hertz, Steptoe & Johnson LLP.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Warren Pumps, LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Claimant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foseco, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. General Electric Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP, Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Honeywell International Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Alicia N. Ritchie, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Jonathan James Huber, Miles & Stockbridge P.C..
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Richard Damon Albert, Steptoe and Johnson LLP & Jamie Michelle Hertz, Steptoe & Johnson LLP.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Warren Pumps, LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Claimant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foseco, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. General Electric Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP, Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Honeywell International Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Alicia N. Ritchie, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Jonathan James Huber, Miles & Stockbridge P.C..
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Richard Damon Albert, Steptoe and Johnson LLP & Jamie Michelle Hertz, Steptoe & Johnson LLP.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Warren Pumps, LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Claimant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foseco, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. General Electric Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP, Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Honeywell International Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Alicia N. Ritchie, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Jonathan James Huber, Miles & Stockbridge P.C..
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Richard Damon Albert, Steptoe and Johnson LLP & Jamie Michelle Hertz, Steptoe & Johnson LLP.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Warren Pumps, LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Claimant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foseco, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. General Electric Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP, Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Honeywell International Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Alicia N. Ritchie, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Jonathan James Huber, Miles & Stockbridge P.C..
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Richard Damon Albert, Steptoe and Johnson LLP & Jamie Michelle Hertz, Steptoe & Johnson LLP.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Warren Pumps, LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. E.L. Stebbings & Company, ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
A.W. Chesterton Co., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
CBS Corporation of Delaware, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Certainteed Corporation, ThirdParty Defendant, Pro Se.
Crane Co., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Dana Corporation, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP. E.L. Stebbings & Company, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foseco, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC. Foster Wheeler Corporation, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC.
General Electric Company, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP, Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Honeywell International Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Alicia N. Ritchie, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Jonathan James Huber, Miles & Stockbridge P.C..
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Richard Damon Albert, Steptoe and Johnson LLP & Jamie Michelle Hertz, Steptoe & Johnson LLP.
Pneumo Abex LLC., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. The A. O. Smith Corporation, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Uniroyal, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Warren Pumps, LLC, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. MCIC, Inc, Cross Claimant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foseco, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. General Electric Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP, Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Honeywell International Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Alicia N. Ritchie, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Jonathan James Huber, Miles & Stockbridge P.C..
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Richard Damon Albert, Steptoe and Johnson LLP & Jamie Michelle Hertz, Steptoe & Johnson LLP.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Warren Pumps, LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. MCIC, Inc, ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
A.W. Chesterton Co., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
CBS Corporation of Delaware, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Certainteed Corporation, ThirdParty Defendant, Pro Se.
Crane Co., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Dana Corporation, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP. E.L. Stebbings & Company, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foseco, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC. Foster Wheeler Corporation, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC.
General Electric Company, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP, Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Honeywell International Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Alicia N. Ritchie, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Jonathan James Huber, Miles & Stockbridge P.C..
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Richard Damon Albert, Steptoe and Johnson LLP & Jamie Michelle Hertz, Steptoe & Johnson LLP.
Pneumo Abex LLC., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. The A. O. Smith Corporation, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Uniroyal, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Warren Pumps, LLC, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Claimant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foseco, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. General Electric Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP, Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Honeywell International Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Alicia N. Ritchie, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Jonathan James Huber, Miles & Stockbridge P.C..
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Richard Damon Albert, Steptoe and Johnson LLP & Jamie Michelle Hertz, Steptoe & Johnson LLP.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Warren Pumps, LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Claimant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foseco, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. General Electric Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP, Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Honeywell International Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Alicia N. Ritchie, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Jonathan James Huber, Miles & Stockbridge P.C..
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Richard Damon Albert, Steptoe and Johnson LLP & Jamie Michelle Hertz, Steptoe & Johnson LLP.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Warren Pumps, LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc., Cross Claimant, represented by Helyna M. Haussler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP & Jason Richard Waters, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker.
A.W. Chesterton Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Arvinmeritor, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas Peter Bernier, Goldberg Segalla & Scott J. McDowell, Goldberg Segalla LLP.
Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. CBS Corporation of Delaware, Cross Defendant, represented by Philip A. Kulinski, Evert Weathersby Houff & Clare Marie Maisano, Evert Weathersby Houff.
Crane Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC.
Crown, Cork and Seal, Co. Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Dana Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
E.L. Stebbings & Company, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Foseco, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP & Steven J. Parrott, Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Foster Wheeler, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP. GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by F. Ford Loker, Jr., Miles and Stockbridge PC. General Electric Company, Cross Defendant, represented by David J. Quigg, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC & Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC.
General Refractories, Co., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA. Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Douglas B. Pfeiffer, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Robin Silver, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Leianne S. McEvoy, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
Hampshire Industries, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by David W. Allen, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP, Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Honeywell International Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Matthew Thomas Wagman, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Alicia N. Ritchie, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Jonathan James Huber, Miles & Stockbridge P.C..
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Joshua Franklin Kahn, Miles and Stockbridge PC, Michael Alan Brown, Miles and Stockbridge PC & Michael L. Haslup, Miles and Stockbridge PC.
MCIC, Inc, Cross Defendant, represented by Louis E. Grenzer, Jr., Bodie, Dolina, Hobbs, Friddell & Grenzer, PC & Thomas M. Hanna, McMahon Berger Hanna Linihan Cody McCarthy PC.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Cross Defendant, represented by Richard Damon Albert, Steptoe and Johnson LLP & Jamie Michelle Hertz, Steptoe & Johnson LLP.
Pneumo Abex LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by Patrick C. Smith, Dehay and Elliston LLP & R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Dehay and Elliston LLP.
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. The A. O. Smith Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thomas L. Doran, DeCaro Doran Siciliano Gallagher and DeBlasis LLP.
Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP. Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by John Stewart Cobb, North and Cobb PA.
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust, Cross Defendant, represented by Scott Mason Richmond, Venable LLP & Theodore F. Roberts, Venable LLP.
Warren Pumps, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Malcolm Sean Brisker, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP & Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP.
Warren Pumps, LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Terri Lynn Goldberg, Goodell DeVries Leech and Dann LLP. Cutler-Hammer, Inc., ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Warren N. Weaver, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP & Michelle Noorani, Whiteford Taylor and Preston LLP.
Crane Co., ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Neil Joseph MacDonald, MacDonald Law Group, LLC. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JAMES K. BREDAR, District Judge.
Pending before the Court are motions for judgment on the pleadings by Defendants Honeywell International, Incorporated, and Ingersoll Rand Company. (ECF Nos. 190, 193.) The motions have been briefed (ECF Nos. 196 & 201), and no hearing is required, Local Rule 105.6 (D. Md. 2016). The motions will be granted, but Plaintiffs will be permitted to file an amended complaint.
I. Standard for Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
A motion for judgment on the pleadings under Rule 12(c) is assessed under the same standard applicable to motions to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6). See Walker v. Kelly, 589 F.3d 127, 139 (4th Cir. 2009). A complaint must contain "sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to `state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.'" Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (quoting Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007)). Facial plausibility exists "when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged." Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678. An inference of a mere possibility of misconduct is not sufficient to support a plausible claim. Id. at 679. As the Twombly opinion stated, "Factual allegations must be enough to raise a right to relief above the speculative level." 550 U.S. at 555. "A pleading that offers `labels and conclusions' or `a formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of action will not do.' . . . Nor does a complaint suffice if it tenders `naked assertion[s]' devoid of `further factual enhancement.'" Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678 (quoting Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555, 557). Although when considering a motion to dismiss a court must accept as true all factual allegations in the complaint, this principle does not apply to legal conclusions couched as factual allegations. Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555.
II. Allegations of the Complaint
Before this case was removed to federal court, Plaintiffs filed a "Short Form Asbestos Complaint" in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland. Therein, Plaintiffs alleged the following, in pertinent part:
The deceased plaintiff, EARL J. RHODES, was in the U.S. Navy and worked as a laborer and boilermaker from 1952 to 1956 onboard including, but not limited to, the USS Tarawa CV40. He was then employed as a laborer, welder and boilermaker on board numerous ships from 1956 to 1959 at Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard and from 1959 to 1963 as a laborer at Eastern Stainless Steel. From 1963 to 1972, the deceased Plaintiff worked as a laborer and mechanic at James Gibbons Trucking, Hess Oil Company and Strescon Industries, Inc. He was also employed as a laborer, truck mechanic and salesman from 1972 to the late 1970s at Earl's Luber-Finer & Sons Sales & Service.
The deceased plaintiff, EARL J. RHODES, suffered from mesothelioma and asbestos-related diseases. . . diagnosed in October, 2015.
(Compl. ¶ 1, ECF No. 2.) The complaint also
incorporates paragraphs one (1), two (2) and three (3) as well as Count I (Negligence), Count II (Strict Liability), Count III (Loss of Consortium), Count IV (Survival Action — Negligence), Count V (Survival Action — Strict Liability), Count X (Conspiracy) and Count XI (Fraud) of The Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl Master Complaint CT-2.
(Id. unnumbered paragraph, p. 11.) In addition,
Plaintiffs reallege and incorporate herein by reference the allegations and claims asserted in Count VI, paragraphs 25-31 (Wrongful Death) and Count VII, paragraphs 32-34 (Wrongful Death — Strict Liability) of the CT Master Complaint.
(Id. ¶ 1 [sic], p. 12.) Otherwise, Plaintiffs made bare allegations of negligence and strict liability. (Id. ¶ 4, p. 12.)
In their opposition to the instant motions, Plaintiffs argued the Short Form Complaint and the CT-2 Master Complaint, read together, plausibly allege their claims for relief. (Pls.' Opp'n Supp. Mem. 2-3.) After the Court directed them to do so, Plaintiffs docketed a copy of the CT-2 Master Complaint. (ECF No. 199.)
In the Master Complaint, Plaintiffs allege as to negligence, in part,
The plaintiff was exposed to and worked around asbestos and asbestoscontaining products during the course of his working years.
During said periods of time and at all times hereinafter mentioned, the defendants and each of them were manufacturers, suppliers, and sellers of asbestos and asbestos insulation products, and did engage in the business of manufacturing, supplying and selling said products; that each of said defendants did manufacture, supply or sell asbestos and asbestos insulation products with which the plaintiff came in daily contact; as result whereof, he suffered and suffers from an asbestos-related disease.
(Id. ¶¶ 4-5.) The Master Complaint also alleges Defendants were negligent because they failed to warn and inform of the dangers of asbestos and safe methods of handling their products. (Id. ¶ 7.)
For the strict liability count, the Master Complaint alleges, in part,
. . . at the time the defendants and each of them placed the asbestos and asbestos insulation products on the market, such products contained defects which created an unreasonable risk of harm to those likely to use or be exposed to the product, to wit: (a) exposure to the product caused cancer and lung diseases [and] (b) no warning was given to users or persons exposed to the product.
That at the time of the happening complained of, the products were being used for the purpose for which they were intended, that the products were in substantially the same condition at the time of the happening
complained of as when they left the control of each of the defendants and the plaintiff had no knowledge of the defects and no reason to suspect a defective condition.
(Id. ¶¶ 10-11.)
In the Short Form Complaint—the operative one in this action—Plaintiffs assert only one wrongful death count, but base it upon theories of both negligence and strict liability. (ECF No. 2.) It is not clear from the Short Form Complaint's "incorporation" of paragraphs and counts in the Master Complaint, including conspiracy and fraud, if the Court is expected to regard those theories as also being included in the single, wrongful death count. To the extent Plaintiffs are relying upon conspiracy and fraud theories, the Master Complaint alleges,
. . . Defendants, in wanton and reckless disregard for human life and health, deliberately, and in concert with one another, intentionally and purposely withheld and concealed such information from users of their products.
Defendants further conspired together to deceive the plaintiff and the public and suppress existing information regarding the health and safety interests of those exposed to asbestos.
(ECF No. 199, ¶¶ 41, 42.) As for fraud, the Master Complaint alleges,
. . . [P]rompted by pecuniary motives, each of the defendant asbestos suppliers, individually and collectively, failed and refused to act upon. . . medical and scientific data, to warn users of their products and those who worked in close proximity thereto of the life and health-threatening dangers of exposure to and the breathing of asbestos fibers and dust, and to take such other reasonable precautions necessary to lessen the dangers and potentially lethal and dangerous characteristics of their asbestos products. Defendants, in wanton and reckless disregard for human life and health, deliberately, intentionally, and purposely withheld and concealed such information from users of and those exposed to their products.
Plaintiff, unaware of the dangers to life and health resulting from exposure to defendants' asbestos products and not possessing the degree of technical knowledge and expertise of the defendants concerning asbestos and its use, continued to work with and around their products and was deprived by the abovedescribed acts and omissions of defendants of the free and informed opportunity to remove himself from exposure to defendants' asbestos products and otherwise to protect himself from exposure thereto. The defendants' fraudulent and misleading conduct of concealment was a direct and proximate cause of plaintiff's asbestos-related disease.
(Id. ¶¶ 53-54.)
III. Analysis
Plaintiffs' complaint, incorporating both the Short Form Complaint and the Master Complaint, is insufficient to state a claim for relief under Rule 8(a), as construed by the Supreme Court in Iqbal and Twombly. The complaint is "required to allege facts to satisfy the elements of a cause of action." See McCleary-Evans v. Md. Dep't of Transp., 780 F.3d 582, 585 (4th Cir. 2015), cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 1162 (2016). Thus, as to each Defendant, Plaintiffs must allege sufficient factual content to permit a reasonable inference that such Defendant engaged in actionable misconduct. But Plaintiffs have, instead, relied upon broad conclusions and a formulaic recitation of the elements of negligence and strict liability. Further, they have lumped all Defendants together generally and have made no effort to allege facts particular to any Defendant. Nor have Plaintiffs narrowed the relevant time period as to each Defendant; as the complaint currently stands, any Defendant's offending conduct could have occurred any time between 1952 and December 4, 1980.
In addition, Plaintiffs have alleged no facts to satisfy the "frequency, regularity, proximity" test required under Maryland law to establish causation in asbestos claims. See Arbogast v. A.W. Chesterton Co., Civ. No. JKB-14-4049, __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2016 WL 3997292, at [*1]-2, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97062, at [*13]-15 (D. Md. July 25, 2016) (citing Eagle-Picher v. Balbos, 604 A.2d 445, 460 (Md. 1992)).
Finally, if Plaintiffs are advancing causes of action based upon conspiracy and fraud, then their complaint also fails to state claims for relief under those theories. As to fraud, Plaintiffs are required to plead that cause of action with particularity—who,
what, where, when, how, etc.— pursuant to Rule 9(b). Harrison v. Westinghouse Savannah River Co., 176 F.3d 776, 783-84 (4th Cir. 1999) (The "circumstances constituting fraud" include time, place, and contents of the fraudulent representation, the identity of the person making the misrepresentation, and what that person obtained.)
IV. Conclusion
Plaintiffs' complaint fails to state plausible claims for relief. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants' motions for judgment on the pleadings (ECF Nos. 190 & 193) ARE GRANTED. Plaintiffs, however, ARE GRANTED the opportunity to file an amended complaint that corrects the deficiencies noted supra.[1] Any amended complaint shall be filed on or before January 31, 2017.
[1] Although motions for judgment on the pleadings were filed by only two Defendants, the amended complaint to be filed by Plaintiffs must provide appropriate specific factual content as to all Defendants, individually.
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