DARRAH v. A-BEST PRODS. CO.

No. 06 JE 47.

2009 Ohio 3349

Duane Darrah, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. A-Best Products Co., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Seventh District, Jefferson 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 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 Robert H. Riley, Schiff Hardin, 6600 Sears Towers, Chicago, Illinois 60606, For Defendant-Appellant, Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Atty. Richard D. Schuster, Atty. Perry W. Doran, II, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, 52 East Gay Street, P.O. Box 1008, Columbus, Ohio 43216-1008, For Defendants-Appellants, Bayer Crop-Science, Inc., f/k/a Aventis CropScience USA as successor in interest to Amchem Products, Inc., CertainTeed Corp. Oglebay Norton Engineered Materials, Inc., as successor in interest to Ferro Engineering Division of Oglebay Norton Company, and Union Carbide Corp.

Atty. Henry E. Billingsley, II, Atty. Carter E. Strang, Atty. Rachel McQuade, Atty. Halle M. Hebert, 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. 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 Co., 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 Corp.

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

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 Corp.

Atty. David A. Schaefer, McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., L.P.A., 101 Prospect Avenue, Suite 1800, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, For Defendant-Appellant, Rapid American Corp.

Atty. Reginald S. Kramer, Atty. Terri L. Nass, Oldham & Dowling, 195 South Main Street, Suite 300, Akron, Ohio 44308-1314, For Defendants-Appellants, General Electric Company, CVS/Viacom, Inc., Westinghouse Mallinckrodt, Inc.

Atty. Wade A. Mitchell, Atty. Diane L. Feigi, Baker & Hostetler LLP, 1900 East Ninth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-3485, For Defendants-Appellants, Maremont Corp., McGraw Construction Co., Inc., McGraw/Kokosing, Inc.

Atty. Timothy M. Fox, Ulmer & Berne, LLP, 88 East Broad Street, Suite 1600, Columbus, Ohio 43215, For Defendant-Appellant, Georgia-Pacific Corp.

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

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


OPINION

WAITE, J.

{¶1} Appellant A-Best Products, Co., is one of 83 named defendants in a personal injury case involving claims of asbestos-related injury filed in the Jefferson County Court of Common Pleas. The defendants include, inter alia, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, General Electric Company, Uniroyal Rubber Company, Pfizer, Inc., Union Carbide Chemical and Plastics Co., Inc., Mobil Oil Corp., Owens-Illinois Corporation, Inc...

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