GROSSE, J.
¶ 1 There are only limited circumstances under which a purchaser of corporate assets acquires a transferor's liabilities, such as by de facto merger or by continuing the same product line. Here, there are no such circumstances. Viad Corporation's predecessor, Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton (PA), did not acquire Griscom-Russell's asbestos-related liabilities when it purchased Griscom-Russell's parent company, Hamilton Thomas, in 1962. Harold and Elizabeth Payne...
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