ADAMS v. M.A. HANNA CO.

No. COA03-1280.

603 S.E.2d 402 (2004)

Carl ADAMS, Doyle Woodrow Alexander, Audrey Louise Allison, Albert William Arrington, Jr., James Ronnie Arrington, Judith Hope Arrington, Hoyt Jay Barnes, Sammy Barnett, Tommy Barnette, Roger Dean Beasley, Carroll Beck, Glenn Ray Beck, James Arthur Beck, Thurman Blaine, Trudie Marie Blaine, James Bolden, Terry Lee Browning, Grady Dallas Bryson, Mack C. Bryson, Verlin Leo Bryson, Gordon J. Buchanan, Harold Dempsey Buchanan, Nancy Buchanan, William Edward Buchanan, Danny Sellers Bumgarner, Milton Russell Burke, James Richard Byrd, Jack Dempsey Caldwell, Walter Boone Caldwell, Loyd Andrew Carver, Dennis Marion Casey, Sr., Ada Price Clark, Robert Ray Clark, James Morris Cochran, Louie Cochran, Neal Edward Cody, Donald Wayne Cogburn, Fred Earl Cogdill, Auther Earnest Cooper, Carl H. Coward, Sr., Eugene T. Craig, Jr., Johnnie Nile Crawford, Gregory Alan Davis, Hugh Morrell Davis, Edward Evans Dyer, Williams Marshall Edwards, Ronald Jackson Estes, James Richard Evans, Rosemary Caldwell Evans, Vinson Evans, Samuel Edward Ferguson, Doris Whitaker Fincannon, Carroll Wilburn Fisher, Raymond Jack Fisher, Clarence Eugene Ford, Robert William Fowler, Paul Don Frady, Thomas Lawrence Frazier, John Alexander Frizzell, Silas Kenneth Frizzell, Dorothy Elizabeth Fulce, Kenneth Howard Gibson, Arnold Emmitt Green, Davis Dean Green, George William Green, James H. Green, Kenneth Walter Green, Douglas Greene, James Greene, James Paul Grooms, Kenneth Carroll Grooms, Roy Walter Grooms, Jack Allen Hall, James Henry Hall, Jerry Stephen Hall, Mildred Chambers Hannah, Morris James Hannah, Joe Edward Hawkins, Roger Dale Hendrix, Barbara Smith Henry, Albert Dewight Henson, Donald Jerome Henson, John Vance Hill, Bruce Holder, Charles Herman Holder, Wilburn Van Holland, Carl Kenneth Horton, Thomas Dewitt Hyatt, Charles Wayne Hyde, Vincent Lannes Inman, Franklin Dewitt James, William Karlisle James, James Harold Jamison, Lawrence Daniel Jenkins, Donnie Ray Jones, Charles Hooper Justice, Daniel Harold Kelley, Michael Dennis Kelly, James Grover Leatherwood, Raymond Sammy Ledford, Phillip Leopard, Jack Carpenter Lewis, Roy F. Lindsay, Claude Owen Long, Boone Beverly Lowe, Roger Frank Lowe, James Andrew Lunsford, Willie Thomas Mann, Frederick Joseph Marcus, Peggy Martin, Laney Constant Mason, Frank Mathis, William Newton Mauck, James T. Mauldin, Johnny Ellis McCall, Robert Delos McCall, James Edward McConnell, Hazel McElroy, James Leslie McFalls, Gene Allen Medford, Jaynes Riley Medford, Richard Dale Medford, Robert Taylor Medford, William Lawrence Medford, Willie Ervin Mehaffey, Edward Lee Messer, Glen Horace Messer, Howard Messer, Steven Kirby Miller, James Robert Mintz, Jr., Rufus Carroll Mintz, James Edward Moody, Clyde Allen Morgan, Jerry Devoe Morrow, Robert Kenneth Morrow, Shelia Diane Nichols, Harley Ray Ottinger, Barbara Ann Parks, Charles Edwin Parks, Fred Parton, Ray Alfred Parton, William Parton, Jack Phillips, Wayne Hilliard Pitts, Ned Hillard Price, Jack O'Neil Ramey, William C. Rash, Edwin Palmer Ratcliffe, Junior David Rathbone, Larry Douglas Rathbone, Mary Nell Rathbone, Wayne Boyd Rathbone, Seby Neal Rhodarmer, Robert Ray Rhodes, Kenneth Roberts, Clarence Raymond Robinson, Douglas Neal Robinson, Geraldine Marie Robinson, Joseph Moore Robinson, Samuel E. Robinson, Charles Robert Rogers, Jack Rogers, Roderick Newton Rogers, Medford Dale Russell, Ransom Russell, Martin Leland Scruggs, Stuart Earl Scruggs, Jr. Harley Glenn Sellers, Earl Joseph Shelton, Linda Jean Sheppard, Billy Bruce Sherrill, Daniel Andy Shuler, James Allen Shuler, Thomas Ervin Sluder, Steve Willis Smathers, Dallas Smith, Jimmy Ray Smith, Joseph William Smith, Bill Gene Snipes, Earl Julious Stephens, Huty Stephens, Ted L. Stephens, Billy Ray Stiles, Dana Strickler, Gary Roy Suttles, Francis Eugene Sutton, Sr., James Freddie Sutton, Ned Leroy Sutton, Neil Teague, Gene Baxter Thomason, Loye Joseph Trantham, Jerry Trull, Ralph Trull, Patricia Ann Tucker, Paul Jinnings Ward, Susie Warlick, James Robert Warren, Marie Phillips Warren, Mingus Robert Wells, Floyd Harvey West, Allenee Wilkes, Hilda Faye Wilkes, Bobby Hayes Williamson, Linda Joyce Williamson, Leonard Ray Winchester, James Milas Wood, Winfred Richard Wright, Charles Ray Wyatt, Employees, Plaintiffs; v. M.A. HANNA CO., Employer, Fireman's Fund Insurance, Carrier; and Dayco Corp/M.A. Hanna, Inc./Polyone Corp., Employer, National Union Fire Insurance Co., Carrier; and Dayco Products, Inc./Dayco Products, L.L.C./Mark IV Industries, Inc., Employer, The Travelers Property and Casualty Co., Carrier National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carrier, The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, Carrier; Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 19, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brooks, Stevens & Pope, P.A., by Michael C. Sigmon and Matthew P. Blake, Cary, for defendants Dayco Products, Inc./Dayco Products, L.L.C./Mark IV Industries, Inc., Inc. and The Travelers Property & Casualty Co.

Lewis & Roberts, P.L.L.C., by Winston L. Page, Raleigh, for defendants Dayco Corp./M.A. Hanna, Inc./Polyone Corp. and National Union Fire Insurance Co.

Teague, Campbell, Dennis & Gorham, L.L.P., by Thomas M. Clare, Raleigh, for defendants M.A. Hanna Co. and Fireman's Fund Insurance.

Wallace & Graham, P.A., Salisbury, by Michael Pross, for plaintiffs.


HUDSON, Judge.

Plaintiffs filed claims alleging they had contracted asbestosis and other occupational diseases as a result of employment with defendant-employer. The Industrial Commission appointed Deputy Commissioner Douglas E. Berger to facilitate hearings of these claims en masse. On 18 May 2001, Deputy Commissioner Berger entered an order establishing procedures for taking the testimony of non-medical expert witnesses and related discovery. On 22 November 2002...

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