FARROW v. ALFA LAVAL, INC.

No. 69917-2-I.

319 P.3d 861 (2014)

Michael FARROW and Lidia Farrow, Appellants, v. ALFA LAVAL, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to The Delaval Separator Company and Sharples Corporation); Anchor/Darling Valve Company; Aurora Pump Company; Beaird Company; Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Buffalo Forge 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 Cooper-Bessemer Corporation); Carrier Corporation; Cla-Val Co.; Cleaver-Brooks, Inc. f/k/a Aquachem, Inc. d/b/a Cleaver-Brooks Division (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Davis Engineering Company); Coltec Industries, Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Fairbanks Morse Engine); Crane Co. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Cochrane Corporation and Chapman Valve Co.); Crane Environmental, Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Cochrane Corporation); Crosby Valve, Inc.; Eaton Hydraulics, Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Vickers Inc.); Elliott Turbomachinery Company a/k/a Elliott Company; E.J. Bartells Settlement Trust; Fairbanks Morse Pump Corporation; FMC Corporation (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Peerless Pump Company); Fryerknowles, Inc.; Fryer-Knowles, Inc., a Washington corporation; Garlock Sealing Technologies, L.L.C. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Garlock, Inc.); General Motors Corporation (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Harrison Thermal System and Harrison Radiator); Goulds Pumps, Inc.; Hardie-Tynes, L.L.C. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Hardie-Tynes Manufacturing Company); Hardie-Tynes Manufacturing Company; Hoke Incorporated; Hopeman Brothers, Inc.; Hopeman Brothers Marine Interiors, L.L.C. a/k/a Hopeman Brothers, Inc.; IMO Industries, Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Delaval Turbine, Inc. and C.H. Wheeler); ITT Industries, Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Bell & Gossett, Kennedy Valve Manufacturing Co., Kennedy Valve, Inc. and Kennedy Valve Co); Invensys Systems, Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Edward Valve & Manufacturing); J.T. Thorpe & Son, Inc.; John Crane, Inc.; Leslie Controls, Inc.; M. Slayen And Associates, Inc.; McWane Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Kennedy Valve Manufacturing Company, Kennedy Valve Inc. and Kennedy Valve Company); Metalclad Insulation Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Plant Insulation Company; Rapid-American Corporation (sued as successor-in-interest to Philip Carey Manufacturing Corporation); SB Decking, Inc. f/k/a Selby Battersby & Co.; SEPCO Corporation; Sterling Fluid Systems, Inc. f/k/a Peerless Pumps Co; SYD Carpenter, Marine Contractor, Inc.; Thomas Dee Engineering Co., Inc.; Triple A Machine Shop, Inc.; Tyco Flow Control, Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to The Lunkenheimer Company, and Hancock Valves); Warren Pumps, L.L.C. (sued individually and successor-in-interest to Quimby Pump Company); Weir Valves & Controls USA, Inc. f/k/a Atwood & Morrill; The William Powell Company; Yarway Corporation; and Does 1-450 Inclusive, Defendants, Flowserve U.S. Inc. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Durco International, Byron Jackson Pump Company, Aldrich and Edward Valve & Manufacturing), Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

March 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Joel Rutzick , Kristin Margret Houser , Thomas James Breen , Schroeter Goldmark & Bender Seattle, WA, for Appellants.

Randy Jarl Aliment , Zackary Adam Paal , Williams Kastner & Gibbs, Seattle, WA, Michael M. Garrett , Martha S. Brown , Edwards Wildman Palmer, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Respondents.


PUBLISHED IN PART OPINION

DWYER, J.

¶ 1 Michael Farrow died in 2008 as a result of contracting mesothelioma. Prior to his death, he and his wife, Lidia Farrow, filed a lawsuit against a number of defendants, including Flowserve U.S. Inc., who they sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Edward Valves, Inc. (EVI). The Farrows alleged that Michael had contracted mesothelioma as a result of being exposed to asbestos-containing products while...

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