N.Y.C. Asbestos Litig. v. A.O Smith Water Prods. Co.

• Decision Date: 09 July 2015
• Docket Number: 15677, 190299/11, 190311/11, 15676, 15678, 190293/11, 190294/11, 15675,40000/88 -190215/11 -190262/11
• Parties: In re NEW YORK CITY ASBESTOS LITIGATION, All NYCAL Cases, Plaintiff–Respondents, v. A.O Smith Water Products Co., et al., Defendants, Crane Co., et al., Defendants–Appellants.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

130 A.D.3d 489
13 N.Y.S.3d 398
2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 06027

In re NEW YORK CITY ASBESTOS LITIGATION
All NYCAL Cases, Plaintiff–Respondents
v.
A.O Smith Water Products Co., et al., Defendants
Crane Co., et al., Defendants–Appellants.

40000/88 -190215/11 -190262/11
15678
190293/11
190294/11
190299/11
190311/11
15677
15676
15675

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.

July 9, 2015.

13 N.Y.S.3d 399

K & L Gates LLP, Pittsburg, PA, (Michael J. Ross of the bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for Crane Co., appellant.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP, New York (E. Leo Milonas of counsel), and Brennan Law Firm PLLC, New York (Kerry A. Brennan of counsel) for Cleaver–Brooks, Inc., appellant.

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, New York (Erik C. DiMarco of counsel), for Andal Corp., AT & T Corp., Carrier Corporation, Carver Pump Company, Chevron USA Inc., Clyde Union Inc., Control Components, Inc., Conwed Corporation, Electric Boat Corporation, Ericsson, Inc., Federal–Mogul Abestos, Personal Injury Trust, General Dynamics Corporation, Gulf Oil Corporation, Hess Corporation, Hyde Marine, Inc., International Comfort Products LLC, Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc., New Yorker Boiler Company, Inc., Otis Elevator Company, Puget Sound Commerce Center, Inc., RSCC Wire & Cable LLC, S.W. Anderson Sales Corp., Scapa Group, Spencer Heater, TRIM–H LLC, Vanderbilt Minerals, LLC, Warner Communications, Inc., and Warner–Elektra–Atlantic Corporation, appellants.

Nixon Peabody LLP, Buffalo (Samuel Goldblatt of counsel), for Patterson–Kelly Company, appellant.

McGivney & Kluger, P.C., New York (Kerryann Cook of counsel), for Bradco Supply Corporation, Spencer Turbine Company, Stockham Valves & Fittings, Sid Harvey Industries, Madsen & Howell, Inc., Triangle PWC, Inc., Homasote Company, Red Devil, Inc., Safeguard Industrial,

13 N.Y.S.3d 400

Gerosa Incorporated, Patterson Pump Co, Fairbanks Company, Nash Engineering, Fay Spofford, Zurn Industries, Pecora Corporation, CCX, Inc., Gorman–Rupp, DAP, Inc., American Gilsonite, Falk Corporation, Flowserve Corp, Atwood & Morrill Co., Barnes and Jones, Algoma Hardwoods, Courter & Company, George A. Fuller Co, Water Applications & Systems Corporation, Rain Bird Sprinkler, Croll–Reynolds, Treadwell Corp., RCH Newco, Electric Switchboard Co., Levy Tishman Liquidating Corp., Columbia Boiler (N.Y.), Lincoln Electric Products, Elixir Industries, Eckel Industries, AII, Acquisition (Holland Furnace), Serge Elevators, Approval Oil of Brooklyn, Simplex Wire, Bergen Industrial, J. Heller, New York Protective, ADSCO, Sunbeam, Siemens Water Technologies Corp, Henry Company, W.W. Henry Company, Costal Plumbing Supply, Andal Corporation, Alcoa, Inc., Zenith Radio, Seco/Warwick Corporation, J.A. Sexauer, Inc., American Wire & Cable and Twin City, appellants.

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, New York (Philip J. O'Rourke of counsel), for Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., Peerless Industries, Inc., Graybar Electric Company, Inc., Henkel Corporation and NASCO Holdings, Inc., appellants.

Darger Errante Yavitz & Blau LLP, New York (Jonathan Kromberg of counsel), for Amchem Products, Inc., Beazer East, Inc., Certainteed Corporation, Dana Companies, LLC, Gould Electronics Inc., Hobart Brothers Company, Lennox Industries Inc., The Lincoln electric Company, Linde, LLC, Union Carbide Corporation, appellants.

McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, New York (Joseph LaSala of counsel), for A.O. Smith Water Products Company, Tuthill Corp., Stewart Warner Corporation, Invensys Systems, Inc., Robertshaw Controls Company, Benjamin Moore & Company, Baker Perkins, Inc., Lipe Automation Corporation, Eaton Corporation, Rockwell Automation, Inc., Flowserve U.S. Inc., Edward Valves, Nordstrom Valves, Edward Vogt Valves, Burnham LLC, and Exxon Mobil Corporation, appellants.

Timothy M. McCann, New York, for Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., and Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., appellants.

Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, New York (Matther S. Tamasco of counsel), for Fort Kent Holdings, Inc., appellant.

Steptoe & Johnson LLP, New York (Shehzad Hasan of counsel), for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, appellant.

Lynch Daskal Emery LLP, New York (Scott R. Emery of counsel), for Georgia–Pacific LLC, appellant.

Cullen and Dykman LLP, New York (John J. Fanning of counsel), for Ajax Electric Company, Allied Building Products Corp., AWC 1997 Corporation, Burnham LLC, David Fabricators Of N.Y., Inc., Elof Hansson, Inc., Fordham Supply Co., Inc., Friedrich Metal Products Co., Inc., Goulds Pumps, Inc., Grandview Block & Supply Co., Howden North American, Inc., Long Island Lighting Company, Mario & DiBono Plastering Co., Inc., National Grid Generation LLC, New York Power Authority, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, Sleepy Hollow Chimney Supply, Ltd., Spence Engineering Co., Inc., The Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Thermo Products LLC, and Webb & Sons, Inc., appellants.

Ahmuty, Demers & McManus, Albertson (Frank A Cecere, Jr. of counsel), for EX–FM, Inc, Thomas & Betts Corporation, Tishman realty & Construction Co., Webster Plumbing Supply, Inc. and Yuba Heat Transfer, appellants.

13 N.Y.S.3d 401

Thompson Hine LLP, New York (Joseph Koczko of counsel), for Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc., Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA), American President Lines, Ltd., American Trading and Production Corporation, Central Gulf Lines, Inc., Chiquita Brands International, Inc., Farrell Lines Incorporated, Maersk B.V. and Waterman Steamship Corporation, appellants.

Aaronson Rappaport Feinstein & Deutsch, LLP, New York (Nancy L. Pennie of counsel), for Ford Motor Company, appellant.

Troutman Sanders LLP, New York (Richard P. O'Leary of counsel), for...