Jodway v. Kennametal, Inc., METALLURGIE-HOBOKEN

• Decision Date: 02 December 1994
• Docket Number: Docket Nos. 151005,METALLURGIE-HOBOKEN
• Citation: 525 N.W.2d 883,207 Mich.App. 622
• Parties: , 26 UCC Rep.Serv.2d 728 William J. JODWAY and Susan Jodway, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KENNAMETAL, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, GTE Products Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Metallurgical Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, and Shieldalloy Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and Metallurgie Hoboken-Overpelt, S.A., a foreign corporation, Fansteel, Inc., a Delaware corporation, General Electric Company, a foreign corporation, GTE Valeron Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Hermann C. Starck, Inc., a foreign corporation, Sherritt Gordon Mines, Limited, a foreign corporation, Bridgeport Machine Company, a division of Textron, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Barker Engineering Company, a division of Hohlfelder Stamping, Inc., an Ohio corporation, and Powermatic-Houdaille, Inc., an Illinois corporation, Defendants. Lee E. WALCH, Jr., and Patricia Walch, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KENNAMETAL, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, GTE Products Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Metallurgical Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, and Shieldalloy Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and Metallurgie Hoboken-Overpelt, S.A., a foreign corporation, Fansteel, Inc., a Delaware corporation, General Electric Company, a foreign corporation, GTE Valeron Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Hermann C. Starck, Inc., a foreign corporation, Sherritt Gordon Mines, Limited, a foreign corporation, Bridgeport Machine Company, a division of Textron, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Barker Engineering Company, a division of Hohlfelder Stamping, Inc., an Ohio corporation, and Powermatic-Houdaille, Inc., an Illinois corporation, Defendants. Linda M. PARISH and Kenneth Parish, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KENNAMETAL, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, GTE Products Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Metallurgical Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, and Shieldalloy Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and Metallurgi
• Court: Court of Appeal of Michigan — District of US

Page 883

525 N.W.2d 883

207 Mich.App. 622, 26 UCC Rep.Serv.2d 728

William J. JODWAY and Susan Jodway, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KENNAMETAL, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, GTE Products

Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Metallurgical

Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, and Shieldalloy

Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees,

and

Metallurgie Hoboken-Overpelt, S.A., a foreign corporation,

Fansteel, Inc., a Delaware corporation, General Electric

Company, a foreign corporation, GTE Valeron Corporation, a

Delaware corporation, Hermann C. Starck, Inc., a foreign

corporation, Sherritt Gordon Mines, Limited, a foreign

corporation, Bridgeport Machine Company, a division of

Textron, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Barker Engineering

Company, a division of Hohlfelder Stamping, Inc., an Ohio

corporation, and Powermatic-Houdaille, Inc., an Illinois

corporation, Defendants.

Lee E. WALCH, Jr., and Patricia Walch, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KENNAMETAL, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, GTE Products

Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Metallurgical

Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, and Shieldalloy

Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees,

and

Metallurgie Hoboken-Overpelt, S.A., a foreign corporation,

Fansteel, Inc., a Delaware corporation, General Electric

Company, a foreign corporation, GTE Valeron Corporation, a

Delaware corporation, Hermann C. Starck, Inc., a foreign

corporation, Sherritt Gordon Mines, Limited, a foreign

corporation, Bridgeport Machine Company, a division of

Textron, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Barker Engineering

Company, a division of Hohlfelder Stamping, Inc., an Ohio

corporation, and Powermatic-Houdaille, Inc., an Illinois

corporation, Defendants.

Linda M. PARISH and Kenneth Parish, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KENNAMETAL, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, GTE Products

Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Metallurgical

Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, and Shieldalloy

Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees,

and

Metallurgie Hoboken-Overpelt, S.A., a foreign corporation,

Fansteel, Inc., a Delaware corporation, General Electric

Company, a foreign corporation, GTE Valeron Corporation, a

Delaware corporation, Hermann C. Starck, Inc., a foreign

corporation, Sherritt Gordon Mines, Limited, a foreign

corporation, Bridgeport Machine Company, a division of

Textron, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Barker Engineering

Company, a division of Hohlfelder Stamping, Inc., an Ohio

corporation, and Powermatic-Houdaille, Inc., an Illinois

corporation, Defendants.

Kenneth F. McGRAW and Angela McGraw, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KENNAMETAL, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, GTE Products

Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Metallurgical

Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, and Shieldalloy

Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees,

and

Metallurgie Hoboken-Overpelt, S.A., a foreign corporation,

Fansteel, Inc., a Delaware corporation, General Electric

Company, a foreign corporation, GTE Valeron Corporation, a

Delaware corporation, Hermann C. Starck, Inc., a foreign

corporation, Sherritt Gordon Mines, Limited, a foreign

corporation, Bridgeport Machine Company, a division of

Textron, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Barker Engineering

Company, a division of Hohlfelder Stamping, Inc., an Ohio

corporation, and Powermatic-Houdaille, Inc., an Illinois

corporation, Defendants.

Lottie KOLOGEK and Raymond Kologek, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KENNAMETAL, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, GTE Products

Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Metallurgical

Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, and Shieldalloy

Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees,

and

Metallurgie Hoboken-Overpelt, S.A., a foreign corporation,

Fansteel, Inc., a Delaware corporation, General Electric

Company, a foreign corporation, GTE Valeron Corporation, a

Delaware corporation, Hermann C. Starck, Inc., a foreign

corporation, Sherritt Gordon Mines, Limited, a foreign

corporation, Bridgeport Machine Company, a division of

Textron, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Barker Engineering

Company, a division of Hohlfelder Stamping, Inc., an Ohio

corporation, and Powermatic-Houdaille, Inc., an Illinois

corporation, Defendants.

Delphine R. BOOTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KENNAMETAL, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, GTE Products

Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Metallurgical

Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, and Shieldalloy

Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees,

and

Metallurgie Hoboken-Overpelt, S.A., a foreign corporation,

Fansteel, Inc., a Delaware corporation, General Electric

Company, a foreign corporation, GTE Valeron Corporation, a

Delaware corporation, Hermann C. Starck, Inc., a foreign

corporation, Sherritt Gordon Mines, Limited, a foreign

corporation, Bridgeport Machine Company, a division of

Textron, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Barker Engineering

Company, a division of Hohlfelder Stamping, Inc., an Ohio

corporation, and Powermatic-Houdaille, Inc., an Illinois

corporation, Defendants.

Betty TEAR, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. METALLURGIE-HOBOKEN OVERPELT, S.A., a foreign corporation,

Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant,

and

Kennametal, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, GTE Products

Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Metallurgical

Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, and Shieldalloy

Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees,

and

Fansteel, Inc., a Delaware corporation, General Electric

Company, a foreign corporation, GTE Valeron Corporation, a

Delaware corporation, Hermann C. Starck, Inc., a foreign

corporation, Sherritt Gordon Mines, Limited, a foreign

corporation, Valentie-Modco Limited, a foreign corporation,

Bridgeport Machine Company, a division of Textron, Inc., a

Delaware corporation, Barker Engineering Company, a division

of Hohlfelder Stamping, Inc., an Ohio corporation, and

Powermatic-Houdaille, Inc., an Illinois corporation, Defendants.

Robert D. LAMPELA and Yvonne Lampela, on her own behalf

and as mother and natural guardian of Michelle

Lampela, Andrew Lampela and Dale

Lampela, Minors, Plaintiffs- Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. METALLURGIE-HOBOKEN OVERPELT, S.A., a foreign corporation,

Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant,

and

Kennametal, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, GTE Products

Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Metallurgical

Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, and Shieldalloy

Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees,

and

Fansteel, Inc., a Delaware corporation, General Electric

Company, a foreign corporation, GTE Valeron Corporation, a

Delaware corporation, Hermann C. Starck, Inc., a foreign

corporation, Sherritt Gordon Mines, Limited, a foreign

corporation, Valentie-Modco Limited, a foreign corporation,

Bridgeport Machine Company, a division of Textron, Inc., a

Delaware corporation, Barker Engineering Company, a division

of Hohlfelder Stamping, Inc., an Ohio corporation, and

Powermatic-Houdaille, Inc., an Illinois corporation, Defendants.

Michael BOLTON and Darlene Bolton, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. METALLURGIE-HOBOKEN OVERPELT, S.A., a foreign corporation,

Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant,

and

Kennametal, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, GTE Products

Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Metallurgical

Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, and Shieldalloy

Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees,

and

Fansteel, Inc., a Delaware corporation, General Electric

Company, a foreign corporation, GTE Valeron Corporation, a

Delaware corporation, Hermann C. Starck, Inc., a foreign

corporation, Sherritt Gordon Mines, Limited, a foreign

corporation, Valentie-Modco Limited, a foreign corporation,

Bridgeport Machine Company, a division of Textron, Inc., a

Delaware corporation, Barker Engineering Company, a division

of Hohlfelder Stamping, Inc., an Ohio corporation, and

Powermatic-Houdaille, Inc., an Illinois corporation, Defendants.

Gino G. BATTISTI and Helen Battisti, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KENNAMETAL, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, GTE Products

Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Metallurgical

Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, and Shieldalloy

Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees,

and

Metallurgie Hoboken-Overpelt, S.A., a foreign corporation,

Fansteel, Inc., a Delaware corporation, General Electric

Company,

a foreign corporation, GTE Valeron Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Hermann C. Starck, Inc., a foreign corporation, Sherritt Gordon Mines, Limited, a foreign corporation, Bridgeport Machine Company, a division of Textron, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Barker Engineering Company, a division of Hohlfelder Stamping, Inc., an Ohio corporation, and Powermatic-Houdaille, Inc., an Illinois corporation, Defendants

Docket Nos. 151005 to 151014.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Submitted May 4, 1994, at Grand Rapids.

Decided Oct. 20, 1994.

Approved for Publication

Dec. 2, 1994, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication Jan. 24, 1995.

Sachs, Waldman, O'Hare, Helveston, Hodges & Barnes, P.C. by Ronald S. Weiner, Detroit, for plaintiffs.

Rutledge, Manion, Rabaut, Terry & Thomas, P.C. by Christopher L. Terry, Detroit for Kennametal, Inc.

Petersmarck, Callahan, Bauer & Maxwell, P.C. by Richard W. West, Detroit, for GTE Products Corp.

Blum, Konheim, Elkin & Blum by Irving R. Blum, Southfield, for Metallurgical Industries, Inc.

Holahan, Malloy, Maybaugh & Monnich by Harrison C. Stackpole, Troy for Shieldalloy Corp.

Garan, Lucow, Miller, Seward, Cooper & Becker, P.C. by Joseph Kochis and David M. Shafer, Detroit, for Metallurgie Hoboken-Overpelt, S.A.

Before TAYLOR, P.J., and CONNOR and CALLAHAN, ^* JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs appeal as of right from the March 6, 1992, order of the circuit court granting summary disposition in favor of defendants. Plaintiffs Lampela, Tear, and Bolton also appeal as of right from the circuit court's order granting summary disposition for defendant Metallurgie...