JURICH v. GARLOCK, INC.

No. 45S03-0303-CV-127.

785 N.E.2d 1093 (2003)

Carol JURICH, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Nicholas Jurich, Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. GARLOCK, INC., A.C. and S., Inc., Anchor Packing Co., A.W. Chesterton Co., Illinois Insulation Co., John Crane Co., J.P. Bushnell Packing & Supply, Luse-Stevenson Co., Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., North American Refractories, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Pittsburgh Corning Corp., Paul J. Krez Co., PPG Industries, Rapid American Corp., Swindell Dressler International Co., W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn., WTI Rust Holdings, Inc., Davy Mckee Equipment Corp., Appellees (Defendants below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

March 25, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Berger, South Bend, IN, Robert G. McCoy, Mark R. Penney, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Appellant.

David A. Temple, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for John Crane, Inc.

Thomas W. Hayes, Long Grove, IL, Attorney for John Crane, Inc.

Thomas S. Ehrhardt, Crown Point, IN, Attorney for WTI Rust Holdings, Inc.


SULLIVAN, Justice.

Nicholas Jurich worked for Inland Steel in East Chicago, Indiana, from 1946 to 1986. It is undisputed that during the course of his employment, Mr. Jurich worked with and around various asbestos-containing products and materials initially distributed by the Defendants.

Mr. Jurich was diagnosed with mesothelioma on October 10, 1996, more than ten years after his retirement from Inland Steel. On April 3, 1997, he and his wife, Carole Jurich...

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