CASTORENA v. GENERAL ELEC.

Nos. 35123, 35124, 35852.

238 P.3d 209 (2010)

Mildred CASTORENA, individually and as spouse and personal representative of the Estate of Ted Castorena; Alene Stoor, individually and as spouse and personal representative of the Estate of John D. Stoor; Stephanie Branch, individually and personal representative of the Estate of Robert Branch, Jr.; and Marlene Kisling, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of William D. Frasure, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC; Alaskan Copper Works; Amerivent Sales, Inc.; Anchor Packing Company; A.W. Chesterton Company; Bechtel a/k/a Sequoia Ventures; Bell & Gossett; Bullough Abatement, Inc.; Certainteed Corporation; Cleaver Brooks a division of Aqua Chem, Inc.; Crane Co.; Cutler Hammer; Ebony Construction Co.; Emerson Electric Co.; Fairbanks Morse Pump Corporation; FMC Corporation; Foster Wheeler Company; Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC; Garlock Incorporated; Gould Incorporated; Gould Pumps Trading Corp; Henry Vogt Machine Co.; Hill Brothers; Honeywell, Inc.; IMO Industries; Industrial Holding Corporation; ITT Industries, Inc.; Ingersoll-Rand Company; Johnston Pumps; Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc.; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; NIBCO, Inc. a/k/a Northern Indiana Brass Co.; Nordstrom Valve Company; Obit Industries, Inc.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Paramount Supply Company; Paul Roberts Machine Supply Division; Advanced Industrial Supply, Inc. f/k/a Pocatello Supply, Inc.; Rupert Iron Works; Sacoma-Sierra; Schneider Electric (known as Square D Company); Shepard Niles, Inc.; Sterling Fluid System; Viacom, Inc.; Warren Pumps, Inc.; Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Zurn Industries, Inc., Defendants-Respondents. Willis Eugene Norton, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. General Electric, Alaskan Copper Works; Amerivent Sales, Inc.; Anchor Packing Company; A.W. Chesterton Company; Babitt Steam Specialty, Co.; Bechtel a/k/a, Sequoia Ventures; Bullough Abatement, Inc.; Bell & Gossett; Certainteed Corporation; Cleaver-Brooks, a Division of Aqua Chem., Inc.; Crane Co.; Cutler Hammer; Ebony Construction Co.; Emerson Electric Co.; Fairbanks Morse Pump Corporation; FMC Corporation; Foster Wheeler Company; Garlock Incorporated; Gould Incorporated; Goulds Pumps Trading Corp.; Henry Vogt Machine Co.; Hill Brothers; Honeywell, Inc.; IMO Industries; Industrial Holding Corporation; ITT Industries, Inc.; Ingersoll-Rand Company; Johnston Pumps; Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc.; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; NIBCO, Inc., a/k/a Northern Indiana Brass Co.; Nordstrom Valve Company; Obit Industries, Inc.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Paramount Supply Company; Paul Roberts Machine Supply Division; Advanced Industrial Supply, Inc. f/k/a Pocatello Supply, Inc.; Reliance Electric Motors; Rockwell Automation, Inc.; Rupert Iron Works; Sacoma-Sierra; Schneider Electric; Shepard Niles, Inc.; Steel West, Inc.; Sterling Fluid System; Viacom Inc.; Warren Pumps, Inc.; Westinghouse Electric Corporation; and Zurn Industries, Inc., Defendants-Respondents. John D. Adamson, individually and as in his capacity as personal representative for the Estate of John H. Adamson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FMC Corporation, individually and on behalf of its former Coffin Turbo Pump Operation and former Peerless Pump, Chicago Pump and Link-Belt Business; Nikko Materials USA, Inc., d/b/a Gould Electric, Inc., individually and as successor in interest to Goulds, Inc., Imperial Corporation, Eastman Corporation, Imperial Eastman Corporation, ITE Circuit Breaker Company, and Century Electric; Schneider Electric, individually and on behalf of Square D. Company; Alaskan Cooper Works; Allis Chalmers Corporation; Amerivent Sales, Inc.; Ericsson, Inc., as successor in interest to Anaconda Wire & Cable Company; Gardner Denver, Inc.; Henry Vogt Machine Co.; Orbit Industries, Inc.; Paramount Supply Co.; Paul Roberts Machine Supply; Pocatello Supply, Inc.; Rupert Iron Works; Parker Hannifin Corporation, successor in interest to Sacoma-Sierra, Inc.; Steel West, Inc.; Bechtel, Inc.; Crane Co.; American Optical Corporation; Eaton Electrical Corporation f/k/a Cutler Hammer; Flowserve Corporation, individually and as successor to The Duririon Company, Inc., f/k/a Durco International; Fairbanks Morse Pump Corporation; Honeywell, Inc. (specifically excluding liability for NARCO), individually and as successor to Allied Signal, Bendix, Wheelabrator, Rust Engineering, and Allied Chemical; Johnson Pumps; Sterling Fluid System (Peerless Pumps), Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, May 2010 Term.

August 18, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Petersen, Parkinson & Arnold, PLL, Idaho Falls, for appellants. James C. Arnold argued.

Holland & Hart LLP, Boise, for respondent Bechtel, Inc. and Sterling Fluid System. B. Newal Squyres argued.

Greener, Burke, Shoemaker, P.A., Boise, for respondents CBC Corp, etc. Christopher C. Burke argued.


BURDICK, Justice.

This action, consolidated on appeal, arises out of grants of summary judgment in favor of defendant-respondent corporations (General Electric, et al.; A.W. Chesterton Co., et al.; and FMC Corp., et al.) (collectively, "Respondents") on the grounds that the plaintiffs-appellants' (Mildred Castorena, et al.; Willis E. Norton, Sr.; and John D. Adamson, et al.) (collectively, "Appellants") wrongful death claims were barred by the condition precedent...

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