JAMES v. A-BEST PRODS. CO.

Nos. 07-MA-42, 07-MA-43, 07-MA-44, 07-MA-45, 07-MA-46, 07-MA-47, 07-MA-48, 07-MA-49, 07-MA-50, 07-MA-51

2009 Ohio 3335

Charles James, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. A-Best Products Co., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Seventh District, Mahoning County.

Dated: June 30, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney Richard E. Reverman, Attorney Kelly Thye, Young, Reverman & Mazzei, Kroger Building, Suite 2400, 1014 Vince Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, For Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Attorney John A. Valenti, Attorney Holly M. Olarczuk-Smith, Gallagher Sharp, Sixth Floor, Bulkley Bldg., 1501 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, For Defendants-Appellants, Beazer East, Inc. Ingersoll-Rand Co.

Attorney Richard D. Schuster, Attorney Nina I. Webb-Lawton, Attorney Rodney A. Holaday, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, 52 East Gay Street, P.O. Box 1008, Columbus, Ohio 43216-1008, For Defendants-Appellants Certain Teed Corporation Union Carbide Corporation Oglebay Norton Company.

Attorney Rebecca C. Sechrist, Bunda, Stutz & Dewitt, PLL, 3295 Levis Commons Blvd., Perrysburg, Ohio 43551, For Defendant-Appellant Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Attorney Jeffrey W. Ruple, Attorney Daniel P. Carter, Buckley King LPA, 1400 Fifth Third Center, 600 Superior Avenue East, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2652, For Defendant-Appellant Cleaver-Brooks.

Attorney Randall L. Soloman, Attorney Edward D. Papp, Baker & Hostetler LLP, 3200 National City Center, 1900 East 9th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-3485, For Defendant-Appellant Maremont Corporation.

Attorney Wade A. Mitchell, Baker & Hostetler LLP, 3200 National City Center, 1900 East 9th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-3485, For Defendants-Appellants McGraw Construction Company, Inc. McGraw/Kokosing, Inc.

Attorney Joseph J. Morford, Attorney Jeffrey A. Healy, Attorney John P. Patterson, Tucker, Ellis & West LLP, 1150 Huntington Building, 925 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, For Defendant-Appellant A.W. Chesterton Company.

Attorney Glenn A. Huetter, Jr., Willman & Arnold, LLP, 705 McKnight Park Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15237, For Defendant-Appellant Honeywell International, Inc.

Attorney Timothy M. Fox, Attorney Charles R. Janes, Ulmer & Berne LLP, 88 East Broad Street, Suite 1600, Columbus, Ohio 43215, For Defendant-Appellant Georgia-Pacific LLC f.k.a. Georgia-Pacific Corporation.

Attorney Stephen H. Daniels, Attorney Evan J. Palik, McMahon DeGulis LLP, The Caxton Building, Suite 650, 812 Huron Road, East, Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1126, For Defendants-Appellants John Crane, Inc. Oglebay-Norton.

Attorney Mark R. Chilson, Bricker & Eckler LLP, 9277 Centre Pointe Dr., Suite 100, Westchester, Ohio 45069-4891, For Appellant Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

Attorney Henry E. Billingsley, II, Attorney Carter E. Strang, Attorney Rachel McQuade, Attorney Halle M. Hebert, Tucker, Ellis & West LLP, 1150 Huntington Building, 925 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1414, For Defendants-Appellants The BOC Group, Inc. f.k.a. Airco, Inc. Hobart Brothers Company Lincoln Electric Company.

Attorney Bruce P. Mandel, Attorney Kurt S. Siegfried, Robert E. Zulandt, II, Ulmer & Berne LLP, 1660 West 2nd Street, Suite 1100, Cleveland, Ohio 44113-1448, For Defendant-Appellant Ohio Valley Insulating Company, Inc.

Attorney Dennis P. Zapka, Attorney David H. Boehm, McLaughlin & McCaffrey, LLP, 1111 Superior Avenue, Suite 1350, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, For Defendant-Appellant R.E. Kramig & Co., Inc.

Judges: Hon. Gene Donofrio, Hon. Joseph J. Vukovich, Hon. Cheryl L. Waite.


OPINION

DONOFRIO, J.

{¶1} Defendants-appellants, A-Best Products Co., et al, appeal decisions of the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court allowing plaintiffs-appellees', Charles James, et al., claims of asbestos-related injuries to move forward based on its determination that each appellee had submitted sufficient evidence to establish a prima-facie case in compliance with the requirements of R.C. 2307. The central issue of this appeal concerns...

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