OWENS CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP. v. COBB

No. 49A04-9801-CV-46.

714 N.E.2d 295 (1999)

OWENS CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP., Appellant/Cross-Appellee-Defendant, v. David COBB and Melissa Hinds, As Personal Representatives of the Estate of Kenneth Cobb, Deceased, Appellees/Cross-Appellants-Plaintiffs.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

July 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Purdy, George T. Patton, Jr., Stephanie F. Holtzlander, J. Taggart Birge, Bose McKinney & Evans, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorneys for Appellant/Cross Appellee.

Julia Blackwell Gelinas, Nelson D. Alexander, T. Joseph Wendt, Locke Reynolds Boyd & Weisell, Indianapolis, Indiana, James D. Johnson, Mattingly, Rudolph, Fine & Porter, L.L.P., Evansville, Indiana, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana.

Nancy G. Endsley, Landman & Beatty, Indianapolis, Indiana, Linda George, Russel W. Sipes, Laudig, George, Rutherford & Sipes, Indianapolis, Indiana, Allard A. Allston, III, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Barnwell, South Carolina, Attorneys for Appellees/Cross Appellants.

William R. Groth, Fillenwarth Dennerline Groth & Towe, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorney for Amicus Curiae Indiana State AFLCIO.

James O. McDonald, Everett, Everett & McDonald, Max E. Goodwin, Hansford C. Mann, Bruce D. Aukerman, Mann Law Firm, Terre Haute, Indiana, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Indiana Trial Lawyers Association.


OPINION

BROOK, Judge

Case Summary1

Appellant/cross-appellee-defendant Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. ("OC") appeals from an adverse judgment for $544,682 in compensatory damages and $1,634,046 in punitive damages arising from an asbestos product liability claim. More specifically, OC appeals several pre-trial rulings on motions for summary judgment with respect to nonparty...

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