SHEPPARD v. A.C. AND S. CO., INC.


484 A.2d 521 (1984)

Deronda SHEPPARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. A.C. AND S. CO., INC., et al., Defendants. Earl R. NUTT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. A.C. AND S. CO., INC., et al., Defendants. George RICKARDS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. A.C. AND S. CO., INC., et al., Defendants. Raymond GEORGE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. A.C. AND S. CO., INC., et al., Defendants. Louis N. MANCARI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. A.C. AND S. CO., INC., et al., Defendants. Roberta MURPHY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. A.C. AND S. CO., INC., et al., Defendants. Kevin SHEWBROOKS and Anna Mae Shewbrooks, his wife, Plaintiffs, v. A.C. AND S. CO., INC., et al., Defendants. Mary Emma CLARK, individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Charles Robert Clark, deceased, Plaintiffs, v. A.C. AND S. CO., INC., et al., Defendants. Nicholas KORECKI and May Korecki, his wife, Plaintiffs, v. A.C. AND S. CO., INC., et al., Defendants. Kenneth STAGG, Plaintiffs, v. A.C. AND S. CO., INC., et al., Defendants. Venie R. LLOYD, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Harold C. Lloyd, Plaintiff, v. A.C. AND S. CO., INC., et al., Defendants. Janet C. LEE, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Nelson L. Lee, deceased, Plaintiff, v. A.C. AND S. CO., INC., et al., Defendants. Randolph W. PANNELL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ASBESTOS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC., et al., Defendants. Charles MERGENTHALER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ASBESTOS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC., et al., Defendants. Robert LOGAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ASBESTOS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC., et al., Defendants. Dominic A. MUZZI, et ux., Plaintiffs, v. A.C. AND S. CO., INC., et al., Defendants. Douglas DEHART, et al., Plaintiffs, v. A.C. AND S. CO., INC., et al., Defendants. Anna Z. MILLARD, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of John W. Millard, deceased, Plaintiff, v. A.C. AND S. CO., INC., et al., Defendants. Charles H. SMITH, et ux., Plaintiffs, v. A.C. AND S. CO., INC., et al., Defendants. Edna WASEILEWSKI, as Administratrix for the Estate of George D. Wilhelm, deceased, Plaintiff, v. A.C. AND S. CO., INC., et al., Defendants. Donald E. MCDANIEL, et ux., Plaintiffs, v. ASBESTOS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC., et al., Defendants.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided: September 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Jacobs of Jacobs & Crumplar, Wilmington, for plaintiffs.

Douglas B. Catts of Schmittinger & Rodriguez, Dover, for defendants.


WALSH, Vice Chancellor.*

In these asbestos actions, consolidated for the purpose of determining a common issue, one of the defendants, Celotex Corporation ("Celotex"), seeks partial summary judgment on the ground that it is not liable for the punitive damage claims asserted by plaintiffs. In effect, Celotex contends that since the claims of the various plaintiffs arise from contact with asbestos...

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