CAMPBELL-MCCORMICK, INC. v. OLIVER

No. 16-1895.

874 F.3d 390 (2017)

CAMPBELL-MCCORMICK, INC., and its remaining Director-Trustee, Robert I. McCormick, Defendant and 3rd-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Clifford OLIVER, Plaintiff-Appellee, and June R. Stearns, Plaintiff-Appellee, The Walter E. Campbell Company, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, MCIC, Incorporated, formerly known as McCormick Asbestos Co., Defendant and 3rd-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, Atwood & Morrill Co., Inc.; Manville Trust Personal Injury Settlement Trust; Aurora Pump; Crane Co.; General Electric Company; Ingersoll-Rand Co., Inc.; Johnson Controls, Inc.; Marotta Controls, Inc.; The Nash Engineering Company; The Weir Group; Velan Valves Corp.; Viking Pump; Warren Pumps, Inc., Third Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: October 24, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Steven Joseph Parrott , DEHAY & ELLISTON, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Ian Gill Thomas , BROWN GOULD KIELY LLP, Bethesda, Maryland; David Michael Sturm , TADDEOSTURM PLC, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Patrick C. Smith , John C. Ruff , DEHAY & ELLISTON, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Daniel A. Brown , Matthew E. Kiely , BROWN GOULD KIELY LLP, Bethesda, Maryland, for Appellees Clifford Oliver and June R. Stearns. Ford Loker , MILES & STOCKBRIDGE, P.C., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee Aurora Pump Company. Gerry H. Tostanoski , TYDINGS & ROSENBERG LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee Atwood & Morrill Company. Malcolm S. Brisker , GOODELL, DEVRIES, LEECH & DANN, LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees Johnson Controls, Inc. and Viking Pump, Inc. Anthony B. Taddeo, Jr. , TADDEOSTURM PLC, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee Velan Valve Corp. Michael L. Haslup , Jonathan J. Huber , MILES & STOCKBRIDGE, P.C., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee Ingersoll-Rand Company. Robert E. Scott, Jr. , Richard J. Medoff , SEMMES, BOWEN & SEMMES, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee Marotta Controls, Inc.

Appeal dismissed by published opinion. Judge King wrote the opinion, in which Judge Thacker and Judge Gibney concurred.


In these proceedings, plaintiff Wayne Oliver filed a complaint in Maryland state court alleging asbestos exposure claims against, among other defendants, Campbell-McCormick, Inc. ("CMC"). In response, CMC filed a third-party complaint against several entities, including General Electric Company ("GE"). GE then removed the litigation...

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