James and Kay MORGAN, husband and wife, Appellants,
v.
AURORA PUMP CO., Buffalo Pumps, Inc., Elliott Turbomachinery Company a/k/a Elliot Company IMO Industries, Inc. (sued individually and as), Successor-in-interest to DeLaval Turbine, Inc., Leslie Controls, Inc., Warren Pumps LLC; Weir Valve & Controls USA, Inc. f/k/a Atwood & Morrill; and The William Powell, Co., Respondents.
AGCO Corporation (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to The Buda Co.); Alfa Laval Inc., (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to The DeLaval Separator Company and The Sharples Corp.); Allis Chalmers Corporation Product Liability Trust, (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Allis Chalmers Corporation and The Buda Company); Armstrong International, Inc.; Atlas Valve Company, Inc.; Blackmer Pump Company; BW/IP International, Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Byron Jackson Pump Company); Cameron International Corporation, f/k/a Cooper Cameron Corporation (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to The Cooper-Bessemer Corporation); Carrier Corporation; CLA-VAL Co.; Cleaver-Brooks, Inc. f/k/a Aqua-Chem, Inc., d/b/a Cleaver-Brooks, Division; Coltec Industries, Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Fairbanks Morse Engine); Crane Co. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Deming Pump); Crane Environmental Inc., (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Cochrane Corporation); Crosby Valve, Inc.; Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Mundet Cork Company); Detroit Diesel; Dover Corporation (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to The Blackmer Pump Company); Durabla Manufacturing Company; Eaton Hydraulics, Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Vickers, Inc.); Fairbanks Morse Pump Corporation; Flowserve US, Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Durco International and Byron Jackson Pumps); FMC Corporation (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Chicago Pump Company, Northern Pump Company f/k/a Northern Fire Apparatus Company and Chicago Pump Company and Peerless Pump Company); Fryer-Knowles Inc.; Gardner-Denver, Inc.; Gardner Denver Nash, L.L.C. f/k/a The Nash Engineering Company; Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Garlock, Inc. and U.S. Gasket Co.); General Motors Corporation; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; Goulds Pumps, Inc.; Hardie-Tynes, LLC. (sued individually and as Hardie-Tynes Manufacturing Company); Hopeman Brothers Inc.; Hopeman Brothers Marine Interiors, a/k/a Hopeman Brothers, Inc.; Ingersoll-Rand Company (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Terry Steam Turbine); John Crane, Inc.; McNally Industries, Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Northern Pump Company f/k/a Northern Fire Apparatus Company); Metallo Gasket Company, Inc.; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; The Nash Engineering Company; Northern Pump Company (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Northern Fire Apparatus); O.C. Keckley Company (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Klipfel Valves, Inc.); Parker-Hannifin Corporation, (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Sacomo Sierra and Sacomo Manufacturing Co.); Peerless Heater Company; Peerless Industries, Inc.; Sterling Fluid Systems, Inc. f/k/a Peerless Pumps Co.; Tuthill Corporation; Tyco Flow Control (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Gimpel Corporation Hancock, Lunkenheimer); Velan Valve Corp.; Viad Corporation f/k/a (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Griscom Russell Company); Viking Pump, Inc.; Weil Pump Company; Yarway Corporation and York International Corporation, Defendants.