IN RE CUYAHOGA CTY. ASBESTOS CASES

No. 72388.

127 Ohio App.3d 358 (1998)

In re CUYAHOGA COUNTY ASBESTOS CASES.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

Decided April 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baughman & Associates, Patrick R. Baughman and Christopher R. Calfin, for appellant USX Corporation.

Robert E. Sweeney Co., L.P.A., and Robert E. Sweeney; John J. Duffy & Associates and William J. Kerner, for appellee County Asbestos Cases.

Dogan & Wilkinson and Robert Wilkinson, for 20th Century Glove Corp. of Texas.

Goodwin & Goodwin, Stephen P. Goodwin and Susan C. Wittenmeier, for A&I Co.

Willman & Arnold and Ruth A. Antinone, for A-Best Products Co. Inc.

Baker & Hostetler and Kathleen Pettingell, for A.P. Green Refractories.

Raymond J. Marvar, for Abex Corp.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease and Mary Ellen Fairfield, for Acands, Inc.

George, Ferguson & Lorensen and Shawn P. George, for Aetna Insulated Wire Co.

Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote and Stephen R. Mlinac, for Allied Glove Corp.

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey and Thomas G. Kovach; Benos, Cummings, Mann & Valenti and Eric H. Mann; John A. Valenti, L.P.A., for Allied Signal, Inc.

Reminger & Reminger and Matthew C. O'Connell, for Anchor Packing Co.

King, Hargrave, Sairti & Jack and Otto A. Jack, Sr., for Argo Packing Co. Paul A. Granzier, for Bondex International, Inc.

Shea John G. Gaul; Baker & Hostetler, Randall L. Solomon and Kathleen A. Pettingill, for Center for Claims Resolution.

Thompson, Hine & Flory, Douglas N. Barr and Mark N. Rose, for Chevron Corp.

Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley and Maria A. Kortan, for Clark Industrial Insulation Co.

Schneider, Smeltz, Ranney & LaFond, David A. Lum and James D. Vail, for Cooper Industries, Inc.

Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman and Edward J. Cass, for Corhart Refractories Co.

Kirkpatrick Janik & Dunn and Jill M. Winans, for Crane Co.

Dinsmore & Shohl and Stephen K Shaw, for CSR Limited.

Ulmer & Berne and Timothy M. Fox, for Didier Taylor Refractories Corp.

Kitchen, Deery & Barnhouse and James W. Barnhouse, for Dresser Industries, Inc.

Ulmer & Berne and Bruce P. Mandel, for Durabla Manufacturing Co.

Stephen C. Merriam, for Edward R. Hart Co.

Baker & Hostetler and Marcia Marsteller, for Ericsson, Inc.

Grogan, Graffam, McKinley & Lucchino and Dennis A. Watson, for F.B. Wright Co.

Harris, Carter, Mahota & Mazza, Robin L. Canowitz and John P. Mazza, for Frick & Lindsay Co.

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs and Reginald Kramer, for General Electric Co.

Israel & Wood, PC, and James W. Harvey, for General Refractories Co. Regina S. Massetti, for George P. Reintjes Co.

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, James P. Conroy and Ezio A. Listati, for Georgia Pacific Corp.

Kenneth S. Robb, for Hedman Mines.

Zimmer Kunz and John W. Thomas, for Insul Co.

Baker, Dublicker, Beck, Wiley & Griffin and Jack Baker, for J.H. France Refractories.

Mark S. Hura, for John Crane, Inc.

Pietragallo, Boisk & Gordon and Nora Barry Fischer, for Joy Technology, Inc.

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Mitchel B. Axler and Nancy Chase Miller, for Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Co.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease and Richard D. Schuster, for Koch Engineering Co.

Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman and William A. Viscomi, for M.H. Detrick Co.

Cleek, Pullin, Knopf & Fowler and Stephen M. Fowler, for Martin Marietta Corp.

McDonald, Hopkins, Burke & Haber and Thomas P. Meaney, Jr., for Mau-Sherwood Supply.

Young & Alexander and Mark R. Chilson, for Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Roetzel & Andress, Ronald S. Kopp and Douglas O. Metz, for Mobil Oil Corp.

Davis & Young and C. Richard McDonald, for Nock Refractories Co.

Dinsmore & Shohl, Thomas S. Calder and Michael A. Dickhaut, for O.K.I. Supply Co.

Regina S. Massetti, for Oglebay Norton Co.

W. Andrew Hoffman III, for Ohio Valley Insulating Co.

Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz and Terri W. Teitelbaum, for Osram Sylvania, Inc.

Davis Debevoise & Plimpton, Roger E. Podesta and Robert D. Goodman, for Owens-Corning Fiberglas.

Hermann, Cahn & Schneider and Gary D. Hermann, for Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman and Joseph W. Pappalardo, for Phelps Dodge Copper Industries.

Jacobson, Maynard, Tuschman & Kalur and William D. Bonezzi, for Plibrico Co.

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs and Donald A. Powell, for PPG Industries, Inc.

Baker & Hostetler and Randall L. Solomon, for Quigley Co.

George K. Kulesza; Zapka & Leuchtag and Emery J. Leuchtag, for R.E. Kramig & Co.

McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Haiman and David A. Schaefer, for Rapid-American Corp.

Keller & Curtin and Stanley S. Keller, for Record Industrial Co.

Jacobson, Maynard, Tuschman & Kalur and Kevin Kadlec, for Riley Stoker Corp.

Huffman & Thomas and Donald J. Huffman, for Rockwell International Corp.

Dinsmore & Shohl and Michael D. Eagen, for Rome Cable Corp.

Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote and Peter A. Santos, for Sager Corp.

Gorr, Moser, Dell & Loughney and Carl Hudson Shelly, for Seegott, Inc.

Reminger & Reminger and John G. Peto, Cleveland, for Sepco Corp.

Richards & Meola and Charles L. Richards, for Tasco Insulation, Inc.

Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote and Edmund Olszewski, for Thermo Electric Co.

Grogan, Graffam, McGinley & Lucchino and Leo G. Day, for Triangle, PWC, Inc.

John J. Repchick, for Union Boiler Co.

Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff and Eric Larson Zalud, for Uniroyal, Inc.

Hahn, Loeser & Parks and Robert J. Fogarty, for W.R. Grace Co. Timothy Fisher, for Zurn Industries, Inc.


TIMOTHY E. MCMONAGLE, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, USX Corporation, appeals the order of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas entered March 24, 1997, wherein the court granted plaintiffs-appellees' motion for the establishment of a Voluntary Registry for Unimpaired Asbestos Claims, thereby establishing such a registry. For the reasons stated below, we dismiss the appeal.

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