McKEE v. A-BEST PRODS. CO.

No. 06 MA 164.

2009 Ohio 3348

Charles McKee, 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

Atty. Richard E. Reverman, Atty. Kelly W. Thye, Young, Reverman & Mazzei Co., LPA, 1014 Vine Street, Suite 2400, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, and Atty. Vincent L. Greene, Motley Rice LLC, 321 South Main Street, Suite 200, Providence, R.I. 02903, For Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Atty. Rebecca C. Sechrist, Bunda, Stutz & DeWitt, PLL, 3295 Levis Commons Blvd., Perrysburg, Ohio 43551, and Atty. Robert H. Riley, Schiff Hardin, 6600 Sears Towers, Chicago, Illinois 60606, For Defendant-Appellant, Owens-Illinois, Inc.

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

Atty. Richard C. Polley, Atty. Piero P. Cozza, Esq., Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, 401 Market Street, Suite 401, Steubenville, Ohio 43952, For Defendant-Appellant Frank W. Schaefer, Inc.

Atty. Henry E. Billingsley, II, Atty. Carter E. Strang, Atty. Rachel McQuade, Atty. Halle M. Hebert, Tucker, Ellis & West LLP, 1150 Huntington Bldg., 925 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1414, For Defendants-Appellants, The BOC Group, fka Airco, Inc., Hobart Brothers Co. and Lincoln Electric Co.

Atty. Holly M. Olarzcuk-Smith, Gallagher Sharp, Sixth Floor, Bulkley Building, 1501 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, For Defendants-Appellants, Beazer East, Inc., and Ingersoll-Rand Co.

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

Atty. Ruth A. Antinone, Atty. Glen A. Huetter, Jr., Atty. Karen Mascio, Willman & Arnold, LLP, 705 McKnight Park Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15237, For Defendant-Appellant Honeywell International, Inc.

Atty. Susan Squire Box, Atty. Brad A. Rimmel, Atty. Nathan F. Studeny, Roetzel & Andress, LPA, 222 South Main Street, Akron, Ohio 44308, For Defendant-Appellant Mobil Corporation.

Atty. Ralph J. Palmisano, Atty. Nicholas L. Evanchan, Atty. John Sherrod, Evanchan & Palmisano, One GOJO Plaza, Suite 300, Akron, Ohio 44311, For Defendant-Appellant, Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation.

Atty. Stephen H. Daniels, McMahon DeGulis LLP, 812 Huron Road, Suite 650, Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1168, For Defendant-Appellant John Crane Inc.

Atty. Matthew C. O'Connell, Atty. Victoria D. Barto, 3600 Erieview Tower, 1300 East 9th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, For Defendants-Appellants, Anchor Packing, Garlock, and Riley Stoker.

Atty. Robert N. Spinelli, Kelley, Jasons, McGowan, Spinelli & Hanna LLP, Centre Square West, Suite 1500, 1500 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, and Atty. Robert W. Wilkinson, Dogan & Wilkinson, PLLC, 734 Delmas Avenue, P.O. Box 1618, Pascagoula, MS 39568-1618, and Atty. Steve M. Lichtig, Atty. John A. Kristan, Kelley, Jasons, McGowan, Spinelli & Hanna LLP, 629 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1037, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, For Defendant-Appellant, Wheeler Protective Apparel, Inc.

Atty. John P. Patterson, Tucker, Ellis & West LLP, 1150 Huntington Building, 925 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, For Defendant-Appellant, A.W. Chesteron Co.

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


OPINION

WAITE, J.

{¶1} Appellant A-Best Products, Co., is one of 80 named defendants in a personal injury case involving claims of asbestos-related injury filed in the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas. The defendants include, inter alia, Union Carbide Corporation, Ingersoll-Rand Co., Ohio Valley Insulating Company, Inc., Honeywell International, Inc., Mobil Corporation, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Uniroyal Rubber Company,...

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