ASBESTOS CASES v. AMCHEM PRODUCTS, 105 Ohio St.3d 287 (2005)

2005-Ohio-1650, 825 N.E.2d 156

IN RE ALL KELLEY FERRARO ASBESTOS CASES, APPELLEE, v. AMCHEM PRODUCTS, INC. ET AL., APPELLANTS.

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Case No. 2004-0373.Supreme Court of Ohio.Submitted January 19, 2005.
Decided April 20, 2005.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 82424, 2003-Ohio-7239.

{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of In re All Kelley Ferraro Asbestos Cases, 104 Ohio St.3d 605, 2004-Ohio-7104, 821 N.E.2d 159, and the cause is remanded for further proceedings consistent therewith.

Moyer, C.J., Carr, Stratton, O’Connor and O’Donnell, JJ., concur.

Pfeifer, J., dissents.

Lanzinger, J., not participating.

Donna J. Carr, J., of the Ninth Appellate District, sitting for Resnick, J.

Hahn Loeser Parks, L.L.P., and Robert J. Fogarty, for appellee.

Jones Day, Patrick F. McCartan, Mark Herrmann and Mary Beth Young, for appellants Pfizer, Inc. and Quigley Company, Inc.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour Pease, L.L.P., David S. Cupps and Richard D. Schuster, for appellants Amchem Products, Inc., CertainTeed Corp., Dana Corp., I.U. North America, Inc., Maremont Corp., National Service Industries, Inc., Nosroc Corp., and Union Carbide Corp.

Cooper Walinski, L.P.A., and Richard S. Walinski, for appellant Dana Corp.

The Zagrans Law Firm Co., L.P.A., and Eric H. Zagrans; Marcus, Santoro Kozac, P.C., Frank J. Santoro, Karen M. Crowley and John M. Ryan Jr., for appellant C.E. Thurston Sons, Inc.