FULK v. ALLIED SIGNAL, INC.

No. 45A04-0001-CV-8.

755 N.E.2d 1198 (2001)

Helen FULK, Administratrix of the Estate of Bert Fulk, deceased, and widow in her own right, Appellant-Plaintiff, v. ALLIED SIGNAL, INC., A.O. Smith Corp., Armstrong World Ind., Bondex Int'l, Combustion, Engineering, Inc., Garlock, Inc., Harbison Walker Refractories, Owens Corning Fiberglas, U.S. Gypsum, W.A. Pope & Co., and W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn., Appellees-Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

October 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Paul, Paul, Reich & Myers, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Mark K. Dudley, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellant.

Michael A. Bergin, Daniel M. Long, Julia Blackwell Gelinas, Locke Reynolds, LLP, Attorneys for Allied Signal, Inc., Armstrong World, U.S. Gypsum & W.A. Pope.

Douglas B. King, John D. Waller, Wooden & McLaughlin, LLP, Attorneys for Bondex International.

Steve D. Hardin, McHale, Cook & Welch, P.C., Indianapolis, IN, Roger E. Podesta, Karin S. Schwartz, DeBevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY, Attorneys for Owens Corning Fiberglas.

Jeffrey Zipes, Cootes Henke & Wheeler, P.C., Carmel, IN, Attorney for W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn.

Christopher D. Lee, Lee F. Baker, Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP, Evansville, IN, Attorneys for Combustion Engineering.

Knight Anderson, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for A.O. Smith Corp.

Jason L. Kennedy, Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney, Chicago, IL, Attorney for Garlock & Harbison-Walker.

W. Russell Sipes, Laudig George Rutherford & Sipes, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, Attorney for Amici Curiae.


OPINION

MATTINGLY-MAY, Judge.

Helen Fulk, as widow of Bert Fulk and executrix of his estate, appeals the Lake County Superior Court's grant of summary judgment for multiple defendants in her action for loss of consortium and the wrongful death of her husband.1

Fulk raises three issues on appeal, which we consolidate and restate as:

I. Whether Ind.Code §...

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