BLACK v. ACANDS, INC.

No. 45A04-9912-CV-565.

752 N.E.2d 148 (2001)

Lois BLACK, Administratrix of the Estate of Willie Black, deceased, and widow in her own right, Appellant-Plaintiff, v. ACANDS, INC., A & M Insulation Company, Brand Insulations, Inc., Combustion Engineering, Inc., General Refractories, North American Refractories, Rapid-American Corp., and Universal Refractories, Appellees-Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

July 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Raymond L. Faust, Norris, Choplin & Schroeder, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Brand Insulations, Inc.

Douglas B. King, James M. Boyers, Wooden & McLaughlin LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Rapid-American Corporation.

Susan E. Mehringer, Lisa M. Dillman, Lewis & Wagner, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for ACandS, Inc.

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

Gus Sacopulos, Sacopulos Johnson Carter & Sacopulos, Terre Haute, IN, Attorney for Universal Refractories.

Randall J. Nye, Beckman, Kelly & Smith, Hammond, IN, Attorney for General Refractories Company.

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

Jon L. Williams, Indianapolis, IN, Janet Golup, Goldfein & Hosmer, Philadelphia, PA, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Asbestos Corporation Limited and Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd.


OPINION

MATTINGLY-MAY, Judge.

Lois Black, as administratrix of the Estate of Willie Black and as a widow in her own right, ("Black") 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, Willie.1

Black raises three issues on appeal, which we consolidate and...

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