DARBY v. A-BEST PRODUCTS CO.

No. 2003-0300.

102 Ohio St.3d 410 (2004)

2004-Ohio-3720

Darby, Appellant, v. A-Best Products Company et al.; Viad Corporation et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 28, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelley & Ferraro, L.L.P., Michael V. Kelley and Anthony Gallucci, Cleveland, for appellant.

Ulmer & Berne, L.L.P., Bruce P. Mandel and Timothy M. Fox, Cleveland; Mound, Cotton, Wollan & Greengrass, Daniel Markewich and Ellen G. Margolis, New York City, for appellee Viad Corp.

Ulmer & Berne, L.L.P., Bruce P. Mandel and Timothy M. Fox, Cleveland; Baker, Lancianese & Conaty and Jon B. Orndorff, for appellee Old Orchard Industrial Corp., individually and as successor-in-interest to Vapor Corp.

Roetzell & Andress, Susan S. Box and Stephen D. Jones, Columbus, urging affirmance for amicus curiae General Motors Corp.


Moyer, C.J.

{¶ 1} Forest L. Darby, appellant, along with multiple other plaintiffs, filed a complaint in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas against nearly 60 named defendants and against additional defendants identified only as "John Does 1-100, Manufacturers, Sellers or Installers of Asbestos-Containing Products." Although the claims of the plaintiffs were filed in a single "master...

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