BEAUDRIE v. ANCHOR PACKING CO.

Docket Nos. 196195, 196196, and 196197.

586 N.W.2d 96 (1998)

231 Mich. App. 242

Ruth BEAUDRIE, Personal Representative of the Estate of Merel Beaudrie, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ANCHOR PACKING COMPANY, Armstrong World Industries, Inc., A.P. Green Refractories Company, Babcock & Wilcox Company, Brown Insulation Company, Celotex Corporation, Combustion Engineering, Eagle Picher Industries, Inc., Flexitallic Gasket Company, Inc., GAF Corporation, Garlock, Inc., H.K. Porter Company, Inc., John Crane-Houdaille, Inc., John Johnson Company, Keene Corporation, M.H. Detrick Company, Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Pittsburgh-Corning Corporation, Raymark Industries and Standard Fuel Engineering Company, Defendants, and Silicosis and Dust Disease Fund and Detroit Edison Company, Defendants-Appellees. Juanita SMITH, Personal Representative of the Estate of Willie B. Smith, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., Anchor Packing Company, A.P. Green Refractories Company, Brown Insulation Company, Celotex Corporation, Eagle Picher Industries, Inc., Garlock, Inc., H.K. Porter Company, Inc., Keene Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Pittsburgh-Corning Corporation and Standard Fuel Engineering Company, Defendants, and Silicosis and Dust Disease Fund and Ford Motor Company, Defendants-Appellees. Emogene WRIGHT, Personal Representative of the Estate of Ralph Wright, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ANCHOR PACKING COMPANY, A.P. Green Refractories Company, Brown Insulation Company, Celotex Corporation, Crown Cork & Seal Company, Eagle Picher Industries, Inc., Garlock, Inc., Keene Corporation, M.H. Detrick Company, Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, and Standard Fuel Engineering Company, Defendants, and Silicosis Dust and Disease Fund and Johnson Controls, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided August 18, 1998, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication November 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zamler, Mellen & Shiffman, P.C. by Neil A. Kay, Southfield, Daryl Royal, Dearborn, of counsel, for plaintiffs.

Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., Thomas L. Casey, Sol. Gen., and Morrison Zack, Asst. Atty. Gen., Detroit, for Silicosis, Dust Disease, and Logging Industry Comp. Fund.

Before GAGE, P.J., and REILLY and JANSEN, JJ.


GAGE, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs in these consolidated appeals appeal as of right from circuit court orders modifying their prior consent judgments on remand from this Court. Beaudrie v. Anchor Packing Co., 206 Mich.App. 245, 520 N.W.2d 716 (1994). We affirm.

Plaintiffs, the personal representatives of their spouse's estates, each...

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