TIBURZI v. ADIENCE, INC.

No. 96591.

2012 Ohio 803

SILVANO TIBURZI, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MARLENE TIBURZI, ETC., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. ADIENCE, INC., F.K.A. BMI, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: March 1, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. McLeigh , Diana Nickerson Jacobs , Goldberg, Persky & White, P.C., 1030 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, John J. Duffy , John J. Duffy & Associates, Brendan Place, 23823 Lorain Road, Suite 270, North Olmsted, OH 44070, Attorneys for Appellants.

Richard J. Disantis , Jeffrey W. Ruple , Buckley King, LPA, 1400 Fifth Third Center, 600 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114, Attorneys for Appellees Adience, Inc. And Jno J. Disch Company.

John P. Patterson , Jeffrey A. Healy , Karen E. Ross , Scott J. Wilcov , Christopher J. Caryl , Tucker Ellis & West, LLP, 1150 Huntington Building, 925 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, Attorneys for Appellees A.W. Chesterton Company, American Optical Corporation, and Pneumo Abex, LLC.

Barbara J. Arison , Frantz Ward, LLP, 2500 Key Center, 127 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44114, Attorney for Appellee Ahlstrom Pumps, LLC.

Stephen R. Mlinac , Swartz Campbell, LLC, 4750 U.S. Steel Tower, 600 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Attorney for Appellee Allied Glove Corporation.

Matthew C. O'Connell , Sutter, O'Connell & Farchione, 3600 Erieview Tower, 1301 E. 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 44114, Attorney for Appellees Anchor Packing Company, Garlock, Sealing Technologies, LLC, And Greene Tweed & Company, Inc.

Mark A. Greer , Daniel J. Michalec , Holly M. Olarczuk-Smith , Eric H. Mann , Gallagher Sharp , Bulkley Building — Sixth Floor, 1501 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, Attorneys for Appellees Argo Packing Company, Inc., Adience, Inc., Beazer East, Inc., Gentex Corporation, Goulds Pumps, Inc., IMO Industries, Inc., Ingersoll Rand Corporation, and Thiem Corporation.

Reginald S. Kramer , Oldham Kramer , 195 South Main Street, Suite 300, Akron, OH 44308, Attorney for Appellees Cbs Corporation, Fairmont Supply Company, General Electric Company, Mallinckrodt Group, Inc., and Osram Sylvania, Inc.

John A. Kristan , Matthew Reber , Robert N. Spinelli , Kelley Jasons McGowan Spinelli & Hanna, LLP, Two Liberty Place, Suite 1900, 50 South 16th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, Attorneys for Appellees Clark Industrial Insulation, Company, Guard Line, Inc., Hedman Resources, Ltd., and Wheeler Protective Apparel, Inc.

Nicholas P. Vari , K & L Gates, LLP, Henry W. Oliver Building, 535 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, Attorney for Appellee Crane Company.

Michael D. Eagon , Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP, 1900 Chemed Center, 255 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202, Attorney for Appellee Dezurik, Inc.

Harry T. Quick , Brzytwa Quick & McCrystal, LLC, 900 Skylight Office Tower, 1660 West 2nd Street, Cleveland, OH 44113, Attorney for Appellee Eaton Corporation.

Daniel Krauth , Joni M.Mangino , Zimmer Kunz , 3300 U.S. Steel Tower, 600 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Attorneys for Appellees Eichleay Corporation, Insul Company, Inc., And Nitro Industrial Coverings.

Leo G. Daly , Grogan Graffam, P.C., Four Gateway Center, 12th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, Attorney for Appellee F.B. Wright Company of Pittsburgh.

Joseph D. Silvaggio , Willman & Silvaggio, LLP, One Corporate Center, 5500 Corporate Drive, Suite 150, Pittsburgh, PA 15237, Attorney for Appellees George V. Hamilton, Inc. And J.H. France Refractories, Inc.

Jonathan P. Corwin , Robert J. Krummen , Nina I. Webb-Lawton , Richard D. Schuster , Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, LLP, 52 East Gay Street, P.O. Box 1008, Columbus, OH 43216-1008, Attorneys for Appellees The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Dana Companies, LLC, Fabri-Valve, Fose Company, Inc., Trane US, Inc., and Treco Construction Services, Inc.

Robert W. Wilkinson , Dogan & Wilkinson, PLLC, 726 Delmas Avenue, P.O. Box 1618, Pascagoula, MS 39568, Attorney for Appellees Guard Line, Inc. And Wheeler Protective Apparel, Inc.

William D. Bonezzi , Kevin O. Kadlec , Bonezzi, Switzer, Murphy, Polito & Hupp Co., LPA, 1300 East Ninth Street, Suite 1950, Cleveland, OH 44114, Attorneys for Appellees Hersh Packing & Rubber Company and MVS Company.

Edward D. Papp , Baker & Hostetler, LLP, 3200 National City Center, 1900 East Ninth Street, Cleveland, OH 44114, Attorney for Appellee I.U. North America, Inc.

Keith R. Huntzinger , Richard C. Polley , Piero P. Cozza , Dickie McCamey & Chilcote, PC, Two PPG Place, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, Attorneys for Appellees Industrial Furnace Company And Sager Corporation.

Stephen H. Daniels , McMahon Degulis, LLP, 812 Huron Road, East, Suite 650, Cleveland, OH 44115, Attorney for Appellee John Crane, Inc.

Timothy M. Fox , Ulmer & Berne, LLP, 88 East Broad Street, Suite 1600, Columbus, OH 43215, Attorney for Appellee Nl Industries, Inc.

Stephen H. Daniels , McMahon DeGulis, LLP, 812 Huron Road, East, Suite 650, Cleveland, OH 44115, Attorney for Appellee Oglebay Norton Company, Inc.

Thomas R. Wolf , Reminger Co., LPA, 200 Courtyard Square, 80 South Summit Street, Akron, OH 44308, Attorney for Appellee Ohio Pipe & Supply Company, Inc.

Bruce P. Mandel , Ulmer & Berne, LLP, Skylight Office Tower, 1660 West 2nd Street, Suite 1100, Cleveland, OH 44113, Attorney for Appellee Ohio Valley Insulating Company.

Barbara E. Machin , Bunda Stutz & Dewitt, PLL, 3295 Levis Commons Blvd, Perrysburg, OH 43551, Attorney for Appellee Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Aaron M. Dorfzaun , Rawle & Henderson, LLP, The Henry W. Oliver Building, 535 Smithfield Street, Suite 1000, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, Stephen M. Fowler , Pullin Fowler Flanagan, PLLC, The James Mark Building, 901 Quarrier Street, Charleston, WV 25301, Attorneys for Appellee Reunion Industries, Inc.

John A. Valenti , Kelley Jasons McGowan Spinelli Hanna and Reber, LLP, The Bradley Building, Suite 305, 1220 West 6th Street, Cleveland, OH 44113, Attorney for Appellee Safety First, Inc.

Claudia B. Diaz , Litchfield Cavo, LLP, 303 W. Madison, Suite 300, Chicago, IL 60606, Michael E. Smith , Frantz Ward, LLP, 2500 Key Center, 127 Public Suare, Cleveland, OH 44114, Attorneys for Appellee William Powell Company.

BEFORE: Stewart, P.J., Boyle, J., and Celebrezze, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

MELODY J. STEWART, P.J.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant Silvano Tiburzi, as administrator of the estate of Marlene Tiburzi and in his own right, appeals from the trial court's order granting defendant-appellee's Adience, Inc., f.k.a. BMI, et al., ("Adience")1 motion to strike the physician's report and motion to administratively dismiss his case. Tiburzi claims that the Asbestos Reform Act...

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