BRADBERRY v. CARRIER CORP.

1100994.

86 So.3d 973 (2011)

Betty BRADBERRY and Inez T. Jones v. CARRIER CORPORATION et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 16, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin D. Graham , Mobile; and Martin K. Berks of Environmental Attorneys Group, PC, Birmingham, for appellants.

W. Larkin Radney and Charles T. Greene of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, Birmingham, for appellees Carrier Corp., Falk Corp., ASCO-Valve, Inc., and Fischer Controls International, LLC.

Frank Lankford, Jr. , and Stewart W. McCloud of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, Birmingham, for appellee John Crane, Inc.

S. Allen Baker and Jenelle D. Evans of Balch & Bingham LLP, Birmingham, for appellees General Electric Company and Honeywell, Inc.

F. Grey Redditt, Jr. , and Timothy A. Clarke of Vickers, Riis, Murray & Curran, LLC, Mobile, for appellees Goulds Pumps, Inc., and Crane Co.

David W. McDowell of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Birmingham, for appellee Surface Combustion, Inc.

Jonathan Maples and Van Noletto of Carr, Allison, Pugh, Howard, Oliver & Sisson, Daphne; and David Howard of Carr, Allison, Pugh, Howard, Oliver & Sisson, Florence, for appellees Katy Industries, Inc., and American Gage & Machinery Co.

William L. Waudby of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Birmingham, for appellees The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, U.C. Realty Corp., and Zurn Industries, LLC.

H. Thomas Wells, Jr. , John A. Smyth III , and Janine A. McKinnon of Maynard, Cooper & Gale PC, Birmingham, for appellee Armstrong International, Inc.

C. Paul Cavender , Allan R. Wheeler , and D. Christopher Carson of Burr & Forman LLP, Birmingham, for appellees Georgia-Pacific Corp., and America Cast Iron Pipe Co.

William T. Mills II and Robert W. Heath of Porterfield, Harper, Mills & Motlow, P.A., Birmingham, for appellees Copes-Vulcan, Inc., Electrolux Home Products, Inc., and The Foxboro Co.

Keith J. Pflaum of Porterfield, Harper, Mills & Motlow, P.A., Birmingham, for appellee Mayer Electric Supply Co.

J. Alex Wyatt of Parsons, Lee & Juliano, P.C., Birmingham, for appellee Elliott Turbomachinery Company, Inc.

Joel M. Kuehnert and T. Michael Brown of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham, for appellee Pneumo Abex, LLC.

William C. Reeves and Donald Alan Windham, Jr. , of Balch & Bingham LLP, Jackson, Mississippi, for appellee Babcock Borsig Power, Inc., a/k/a Riley Stoker Corp.

Evelyn F. Davis and Catherine A. McCormack of Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for appellee Cooper Industries LLC, f/k/a Cooper Industries Inc., individually and as successor in interest to Crouse-Hinds and Union Carbide Corporation.

Joe E. Basenberg of Hand Arendall, LLC, Mobile, for appellee Alliance Machine Co.


BOLIN, Justice.

Betty Bradberry and Inez T. Jones, as the "personal representatives of the heirs-at-law[1] and/or wrongful death beneficiaries of" the decedents, Roland E. Bradberry and George D. Jones, respectively ("the plaintiffs"), appeal from summary judgments in favor of Carrier Corporation and multiple other defendants (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the defendants") in the plaintiffs' wrongful-death action based on their...

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