WHIPKEY v. AQUA-CHEM, INC.

No. 96672.

2012 Ohio 918

MARILYN WHIPKEY, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM WHIPKEY, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. AQUA-CHEM, INC., ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES.

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

RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: March 8, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda G. Lagunzad , David P. Pavlik , Brent Coon & Associates, Summit One Building, 4700 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio 44131, Attorneys for Appellant.

Susan Squire Box , Brad A. Rimmel , Roetzel & Andress, LPA, Nathan F. Studeny, 222 South Main Street, Akron, Ohio 44308; Steven G. Blackmer , 5500 Corporate Drive, Suite 150, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237, Attorneys for Appellees, for Ford Motor Co., et al., Stephen R. Mlinac , Anne L. Wilcox , Swartz Campbell, LLC, 4750 U.S. Steel Tower, 600 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, for Allied Glove Corp., et al., John A. Valenti , The Bradley Building, Suite 305, 1220 West 6th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, for Clark Industrial Insulation Co., Corhart Refractories , Route 6, Box 82, Buckhannon, WV 26201, for Corhart Refractories. E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co., CT Corporation, 1300 East 9th Street, #1010, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, for E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co., General Refractories , 225 City Line Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 19004, for General Refractories, Melanie M. Irwin , Lola M. James , Willman & Silvaggio, 5500 Corporate Drive, Suite 150, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237, for Honeywell International, Inc., Stephen C. Musilli , Richard D. Schuster , Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, LLP, 52 East Gay Street, P.O. Box 1008, Columbus, Ohio 43216, for Oglebay Norton, et al., Matthew C. O'Connell , Christina Tuggey Hidek , Sutter, O'Connell, Mannion, & Farchione, 3600 Erieview Tower, 1301 East 9th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, for Riley Stoker Corporation, Kevin C. Alexandersen , Thomas E. Dover , Daniel J. Michalec , Gallagher Sharp , 6th Floor, Bulkley Building, 1501 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, for Tasco Insulations, Inc., Barbara J. Arison , Jenifer E. Novak , Michael E. Smith , Frantz Ward LLP, 2500 Key Center, 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, for The Flintkote Company, Uniroyal, Inc., 70 Great Hill Road, Naugatuck, CT 06770, for Uniroyal, Inc., Attorneys for Appellees.

BEFORE: Kilbane, J., Celebrezze, P.J., and S. Gallagher, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

MARY EILEEN KILBANE, J.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, Marilyn Whipkey (Marilyn), as Personal Representative of the Estate of William Whipkey, appeals the trial court's decision granting defendants-appellees' motion to administratively dismiss her complaint. Finding merit to the appeal, we reverse and remand.

{¶ 2} The facts of this case were previously set forth by this court in Whipkey...

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