In re BIRMINGHAM ASBESTOS LITIGATION.
Reida H. UNDERWOOD, as executrix of the Estate of Ernest Burtrand Hanks, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants,
Asarco Incorporated, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Supreme Court of Alabama.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 16, 1993.
April 16, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
J. William Lewis and Ronald T. Dudley, Jr., of Environmental Litigation Group, P.C., Birmingham, for appellants.
William H. Mills of Redden, Mills & Clark, Birmingham; and Myron J. Bromberg and D. Jeffrey Campbell of Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C., Morristown, NJ, for Asarco Inc.
William J. Sullivan, Jr., and Mac B. Greaves of Sadler, Sullivan, Herring & Sharp, P.C., Birmingham, for The Flintkote Co.
Richard W. Vollmer III of Killion & Vollmer, P.C., Mobile, for Garlock, Inc., and Coltec Industries, Inc.
Michael B. Kinnard and J. Ford Little of Baker, Worthington, Crossley, Stanberry & Woolf, Knoxville, TN; and Allan Wheeler of Starnes and Atchison, Birmingham, for Keene Corp.
Norwood S. Wilner, George D. Gardner, and Michael J. Marees, Jacksonville, FL, for Armstrong World Industries, Inc., National Gypsum Co. and U.S. Gypsum Co.
Walter J. Sears III, Norman Jetmundsen, Jr., Michael D. McKibben, and T. Michael Brown of Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, for Irex Corp.
James Lewis Griffith and Amy Lynn Currier of Mannino, Walsh & Griffith, Philadelphia, PA, and Burr & Forman, Birmingham, for General Dynamics Corp.
Sydney F. Frazier, Jr., of Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham; and John H. Hall, Marianne Consentino, and Wendy DiChristina of DeBevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for Bairnco Corp.
James L. Goyer III and Carl S. Burkhalter of Maynard, Cooper, Frierson & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, for amicus curiae Business Council of Alabama.
Michele Odorizzi of Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Illinois; and Michael D. Knight of Hand, Arendall, Bedsole, Greaves & Johnston, Mobile, for amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.
William D. Eggers and Carol E. Warren of Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, Rochester, NY; and James C. Barton and Hollinger F. Barnard of Johnston, Barton, Proctor, Swedlaw & Naff, Birmingham, for amicus curiae National Ass'n of Mfrs.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
STEAGALL, Justice.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 966 F.2d 1392, certified to this Court the following question of law:
"Whether under Alabama law the tort doctrine of `duty to control' could be applied to hold a parent corporation liable for the acts of its subsidiary."
The answer to this question is sought in regard to all actions encompassed by a January 8, 1991, order issued from...
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