RICHARDS v. COPES-VULCAN, INC.

No. 546, 2018.

213 A.3d 1196 (2019)

Craig Charles RICHARDS, and Gloria Jeanne Richards, his wife, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. COPES-VULCAN, INC., Ford Motor Company, and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: July 22, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam Balick, Esquire and Patrick J. Smith, Esquire , Balick & Balick, LLC, Wilmington, Delaware, Bartholemew J. Dalton, Esquire (argued), Ipek K. Medord, Esquire , Andrew C. Dalton, Esquire and Michael C. Dalton, Esquire , Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, for Plaintiffs Below, Appellants Craig Charles Richards and Gloria Jeanne Richards, his wife.

Jason A. Cincilla, Esquire (argued), Amaryah K. Bocchino, Esquire , Ryan W. Browning, Esquire and Tye C. Bell, Esquire , Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, for Defendant Below, Appellee The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.

Paul A. Bradley, Esquire and Antoinette D. Hubbard, Esquire (argued), Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Wilmington, Delaware, for Defendant Below, Appellee Copes-Vulcan, Inc.

Christian J. Singewald, Esquire and Rochelle L. Gumapac, Esquire , White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, Jessica L. Ellsworth, Esquire (argued), Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendant Below, Appellee Ford Motor Company.

Before VAUGHN, SEITZ, and TRAYNOR, Justices.


Ohio residents Craig Richards and his wife Gloria Richards filed suit against the defendants in the Delaware Superior Court claiming that Mr. Richards' exposure to asbestos-containing products at home and in the workplace caused his mesothelioma. The parties agree that Ohio law applies to this case. To make the causal link between...

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