ROBERTS v. ALCOA, INC.

No. 49A04-0303-CV-100.

811 N.E.2d 466 (2004)

William Lee ROBERTS, Jr., and Beverly Roberts, Appellants-Plaintiffs, v. ALCOA, INC., et al., Appellees-Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

July 7, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda George, W. Russell Sipes, Laudig George Rutherford & Sipes, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellants.

Edward R. Hannon, Herbert W. Guy, Jr., Hannon Roop & Hutton, P.C., Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Eli Lilly and Company.

Kevin M. Toner, James W. Clark, Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for PSI Energy, Inc., Central Soya Company, Inc. n/k/a Bunge North America (East), Inc.

Eric M. Cavanaugh, Cinergy Services, Inc., Plainfield, IN, Attorney for PSI Energy, Inc.

Michael A. Bergin, Julia Blackwell Gelinas, Daniel M. Long, Locke Reynolds LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Amchem Products, Inc., Certain Teed Corporation, General Motors Corporation, and National Starch & Chemical Company.

Jason L. Kennedy, Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Attorney for Anchor Packing Co., Cummins, Inc., Foster Wheeler L.L.C., Weil McLain And Garlock Sealing Techologies, LLC.

Michael K. Irwin, Philip R. Thompson, Stewart & Irwin, P.C., Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Indianapolis Power & Light Company.

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

Edward F. Harney, Jr., Janet Halline Nelson, Hume Smith Geddes Green & Simmons, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for BMW Constructors, Inc. and Aluminum Company of America, Inc., a.k.a., ALCOA, Inc.

Jeffrey S. Zipes, Coots Henke & Wheeler, P.C., Carmel, IN, Attorney for Dow Corporation and Knauf Fiberglass Co.

Douglas B. King, Andrew C. Charnstrom, Daniel D. Trachtman, Wooden & McLaughlin LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Shambaugh & Son LP, Oakfabco, Inc., and The Kroger Company.

Richard S. Ewing, Cynthia E. Music, Due Doyle Fanning Ewing & Metzger, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Sprinkmann Sons Corporation of Wisconsin and Cleaver-Brooks Co., Inc.

Robert M. Baker, III, Hoover Hull Baker & Heath LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Robert Carter Corporation.

Timothy C. Ammer, Montgomery Rennie & Johnson, Cincinnati, OH, Attorney for International Truck Co.

Knight S. Anderson, Keith J. Hays, Hill Fulwider McDowell Funk & Matthews, PC, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Viacom, Inc., successor by Merger with CBS Corporation, formerly Doing business as Westinghouse Electric Corporation and A.W. Chesterton Company.

Kevin R. Knight, Mary Nold Larimore, Germaine Winnick Willett, Diana L. Wann, Nancy Menard Riddle, Laure Flaniken, Tanya R. Hatfield, David J. Mallon, Jr., Ice Miller, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for DaimlerChrysler Corporation and Pfizer Inc.

Jon L. Williams, Williams & Douglas, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Atlas Turner, Inc., and Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd.

Kenneth T. Roberts, Tasha R. Roberts, Roberts & Bishop, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Ford Motor Company.


OPINION

RILEY, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Appellants-Plaintiffs, William Lee Roberts, Jr., and Beverly Roberts, (collectively, the Roberts), appeal the trial court's denial of their Motion to Allocate Courtroom Trial Expenses incurred by relocating the jury trial to a private venue.

We affirm.

ISSUE

The Roberts raise one issue on appeal, which we restate as follows: whether the trial court erred in denying...

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