HATLEY v. SABERHAGEN HOLDINGS, INC.

No. 28394-8-II.

76 P.3d 255 (2003)

Carl J. HATLEY and Patricia Hatley, Husband and wife, Appellants, v. SABERHAGEN HOLDINGS, INC., as successor to Tacoma Asbestos Company and the Brower Company; Bartells Asbestos Settlement Trust; ACandS, Inc.; A.P. Green Refractories, Inc.; A.P. Green Industries, Inc.; Combustion Engineering, Inc.; Asbestos Claims Management Corporation; New National Gypsum Company; T & N, Ltd. s/k/a Turner & Newall, plc; Certainteed Corporation; Gasket Holdings, Inc. f/k/a Flexitallic, Inc., Harbison-Walker Refractories Company; Dresser Industries, Inc.; Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.; Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc.; Flintkote Corporation; J.T. Thorpe & Son, Inc. a/k/a J.T. Thorpe Company; Metalclad Insulation Corporation; Synkoloid Company; Plant Insulation Company; and Owens-Illinois, Inc., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

Publication Ordered September 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Frockt, Bergman Senn Pageler & Frockt, Vashon, for Appellant.

Katherine M. Steele, Jennifer Anh Tran, Stafford Frey Cooper, Howard Terry Hall, Wolfstone Panchot & Block PS, Timothy Kost Thorson, Carney Badley Spellman, Steven David Robinson, Seattle, for Respondents.


HOUGHTON, J.

Patricia Hatley, individually and as a personal representative of the estate of Carl Hatley (collectively Hatley), appeals a trial court order transferring venue of their personal injury lawsuit from Pierce County to King County. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

On September 21, 2001, Carl and Patricia Hatley filed a personal injury product liability action in Pierce County Superior Court against multiple manufacturers and distributors of...

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