GENERAL ELEC. CO. v. CAIN

Nos. 2004-SC-000043-DG, 2005-SC-000242-DGE.

236 S.W.3d 579 (2007)

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellant, v. Dennis CAIN, as Executor of the Estate of Daniel Cain; Mary Helen Cain; John T. Cain; Becky Cain; Vincent J. Becker; and Kathleen Becker, Appellees. and Debbie Ellen Rehm, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of James David Rehm; Nicholas James Rehm, by and Through their Parent, Guardian and Next Friend, Debbie Ellen Rehm; and Christina Marie Rehm, by and Through Their Parent, Guardian and Next Friend, Debbie Ellen Rehm, Appellants, Navistar International Corporation; Allied Chemical Corporation; American Standard; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Colgate-Palmolive; Lorillard; E.I. Dupont; Rohm & Haas; Ford Motor; General Electric; Kentucky Utilities; Louisville Gas & Electric; Phillip Morris; Brown-Forman; Reynolds Metals; and B.F. Goodrich, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

As Corrected August 30, 2007.

As modified on Denial of Rehearing November 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott T. Dickens, Tachau, Maddox, Hovious & Dickens, PLC, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellant, General Electric Company and Counsel for Appellee, General Electric.

Joseph D. Satterley, Sales, Tillman, Wallbaum, Catlett & Satterley, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellees, Dennis Cain, Mary Helen Cain, John T. Cain, Becky Cain, Vincent J. Becker and Kathleen Becker, and Counsel for Appellants, Debbie Ellen Rehm, Nicholas James Rehm and Christina Marie Rehm.

Kenneth L. Sales, Paul Jason Kelley, Sales, Tillman, Wallbaum, Catlett & Satterley, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellees, Dennis Cain and Mary Helen Cain, and Counsel for Appellants, Debbie Ellen Rehm, Nicholas James Rehm and Christina Marie Rehm.

James Joseph Montgomery, Timothy C. Ammer, Elizabeth P. Sherwood, Montgomery, Rennie & Johnson, Cincinnati, OH, Counsel for Appellee, Navistar International Corporation.

Wendell S. Roberts, Donald R. Yates, II, Gray, Woods & Cooper, Ashland, KY, Counsel for Appellee, Allied Chemical Corporation.

J. Mark Grundy, Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellee, American Standard.

William D. Grubbs, Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, LLP, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellees, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Colgate-Palmolive, Lorillard and Phillip Morris.

David T. Schaefer, Anne Katherine, Guillory, Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellees, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Lorillard and Phillip Morris.

David P. Helwig, Marks, O'Neill, O'Brien & Courtney, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Appellees, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation and Lorillard.

Lisa Catherine Dejaco, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellees, Colgate-Palmolive and Brown-Forman.

Walter M. Jones, Angela McCorkle Buckler, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellee, E.I. Dupont.

Cynthia Blevins, Doll Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Floor Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellee, Rohm & Haas.

Byron N. Miller, Thompson, Miller & Simpson, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellee, Ford Motor.

Sheryl G. Snyder, Frost, Brown & Todd, LLC, Louisville, KY, Scott A. Davidson, Boehl, Stopher & Graves, Street Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellees, Kentucky Utilities and Louisville Gas & Electric.

Rebecca F. Schupbach, Lisa Catherine DeJaco, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellee, Brown-Forman.

John Byron Moore, Phillips, Parker, Orberson, Moore, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellee, Reynolds Metals.

Rosemary D. Welsh, Vorys, Sater, Seymour, Pease, LLP, Cincinnati, OH, Counsel for Appellee, B.F. Goodrich.

Valerie F. Settles, Pacific Legal Foundation, Stuart, FL, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, Pacific Legal Foundation.

John S. Reed, II, Reed, Weitkamp, Schell, Cox & Vice, David J. Hale, Reed, Weitkamp, Schell & Vice, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Associated Industries of Kentucky, Greater Louisville, Inc., and Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc.


OPINION OF THE COURT

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