Vicknair, et al. v. Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc., et al.
Docket No. 20080139
Oral Argument:
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:45pm
Docket Info
- Title
- Joseph M. Vicknair; Anthony Whitaker;
Theresa Zefiretto, as personal representative
for the Estate of Liborio Zefiretto;
Robert Ulshafer; John Sehr; Ray Brunet,
individually, and as personal representative
for the Estate of Eugene P. Brunet, deceased;
Violet Cooper, individually, and as personal
representative for the Estate of William H.
Cooper, deceased; Janice Hilborn, individually,
and as personal representative for the Estate
of August Freeman, deceased; Mildred Pastva,
individually, and as personal representative
for the Estate of John G. Pastva, deceased;
Cheryl Pernell, individually, and as personal
representative for the Estate of Eddie
Pernell, Sr., deceased; Lisa Sangerman,
individually, and as personal representative
for the Estate of Richard A. Christofretti,
deceased; Margaret Swygert, individually,
and as personal representative for the Estate
of Cromwell Swygert, deceased; Ruby Todd,
individually, and as personal representative
for the Estate of David D. Todd, deceased;
Rona Pourier, individually, and as personal
representative for the Estate of Hobert
Ecoffey, deceased; and Patrick Blando,
individually, and as personal representative
for the Estate of Wendell Blando, deceased; Plaintiffs and Appellants,
v.
Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc.; A.H. Bennett
Company; A.W. Kuettel & Sons, Inc.; Border
States Industries, Inc.; Columbia Boiler Co.;
Crane Co,; Dossert Corporation; DuctSox Corporation
f/k/a Frommelt Safety Products; Superior Essex Group
; Excelsior, Inc.; Foster
Wheeler, LLC; Greene, Tweed & Company;
Houston Specialty Wire & Cable Corp.; Oakfabco
f/k/a Kewanee Boiler Corporation; Rockbestos-Surprenant
Cable Corp. ; Riley
Stoker Corporation; Robertson Ceco Corporation, f/k/a
H. H. Roberson Company; Sprinkman Sons Corporation;
Weil McLain Company; Zurn Industries, Inc.; American
Standard, Inc.; The Trane Company ; United Conveyor
Corporation; S.O.S. Products Company, Inc.;
Foseco, Inc.; Fuel Economy Engineering, Co.;
J.H. France Refractories Company; Smith-Sharpe Company;
Burnham LLC, f/k/a Burnham Corporation;
Bryan Steam Corporation; Certain-Teed Corporation;
Foster Products Corporation ; Graybar Electric;
H.P. Fuller Company; Henry Vogt Machine Company;
Hobart Brothers Co.; Inductotherm Industries, Inc.;
The Jamar Company ; Kelsey-Hayes
Group ; Linde,
Inc., f/k/a BOC Group and/or Airco, Inc.;
Lincoln Electric Co.; Praxair Distribution,
Inc.; RCH Newco II; Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. ;
Union Carbide Corporation; Uniroyal, Inc.;
and The Jamar Co., individually and as
successor-in-interest to Walker Jamar Company, Defendants and Appellees
and
999 Quebec, Inc. ; ACandS, Inc. ; A.L.
Crump and Company, Inc.; A.P.I., Inc. ; A.W. Chesterton Company;
Anchor Packing Company; Apollo Piping &
Supply; Asbestos Corporation, Ltd.; Atlas Turner, Inc.;
Australian Blue Asbestos, Pty.; Bell & Gosset; Bell
Asbestos Mines, Ltd.; Building Sprinkler Company,
Inc.; CBS Corporation ; Chromalox ;Cleaver-Brooks, Division
of Aqua-Chem, Inc.; Combustion Engineering, Inc.
; Crown Cork & Seal Company,
Inc. ;
CSR, Ltd.
individually and as an alter-ego of Australian Blue
Asbestos, Pty.; Dakota Welding Supply; Deltak, L.L.C.
; Detroit Stoker; Draxton Sales;
Dresser Industries, Inc.; Durabla Manufacturing Company;
E.J. Lavino and Company, Inc.; Electric Supply Corp.;
Emerson Electric Co.; Ericsson, Inc.
; F.R.P. Products, Ltd.; F & C Supply, Inc.;
Fargo-Moorhead Insulation Company; Firebrick
Supply Co.; Fisher Governor Co.; Flintkote Company
; Flintkote Mines, Ltd.; Garlock, Inc.;
General Electric Company; George T. Walker & Co., Inc.;
Georgia-Pacific Corp.; Hercules Chemical Company,
Inc.; Hickory Insulation Co.; Honeywell, Inc.; Hopeman
Brothers, Inc.; Illinois Insulation Contracting
Company, Inc. ; Ingersoll-Rand Company; Insulation Services,
Inc.; International Vermiculite Co.; Jerguson Gage & Valve;
John Crane, Inc. ;
Johnston Boiler Co.; Lac d'Amiante du Quebec, Ltee.
; Lochinvar; M.W.
Kellogg Company; MacArthur Company; Mandan
Electric Supply; Marmon Corporation; McMaster
Carr Supply Company; McNeil Refactories, Inc.;
Mellema Company; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company;
Mine Safety Appliance Company; Minnesota Mining &
Manufacturing; Northern Plumbing Supply, Inc.;
The Okonite Company, Inc.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.;
Parker Boiler Co.; Paul A. Douden; Pfizer, Inc.; Pipe,
Valve & Fittings Company; Power Process Equipment, Inc.;
Quigley Co., Inc.; Quin-T Corporation; Rapid-American
Corporation; Research Cottrell, Inc.;
Rockwell International Corporation; Rome Cable
Corp.; Roughrider Supply;
Ryall Electric Supply Co.; Samuel Moore & Co.; SEPCO
Corporation; Stemmerich Supply Co.; Superior Boiler Works, Inc.;
Sussman Electric Boilers; Thermo Electric Co.; U.S. Filter Co.;
Union Boiler Co.; and Victor H. Leeby Company, Defendants - Case Type
- CIVIL APPEAL : TORTS (NEGLIGENCE, LIAB., NUIS.)
- Appeal From
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Case No. 08-C-00350
South Central Judicial District, Morton County
Robert O. Wefald
2009 ND 113767 N.W.2d 171
Oral Argument
3/18/2009
Highlight
The availability of an adequate alternative forum is a prerequisite to granting a motion to dismiss based on forum non conveniens, and an adequate alternative forum does not exist if the statute of limitations has expired in the proposed alternative forum.
Counsel
| Party | Type | Name |
|---|---|---|
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Richard John Leighton - 04847 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Kyle Brown Mansfield - 04723 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | David Thomas Schach - 06491 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Nicholas John O'Connell - 06251 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Thomas Dice Jensen - 05680 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Not Licensed in ND - 00002 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Not Licensed in ND - 00002 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Kent Benedict Gravelle - 05967 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Not Licensed in ND - 00002 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | John Christopher Hughes - 06001 |
(Note: Attachments may not be available for recently filed cases and/or confidential documents.)
| Seq. # | Filing Date | Description | Attachment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 06/17/2008 | NOTICE OF APPEAL : 06/16/2008 | |
| 2 | 06/19/2008 | RECORD ON APPEAL | |
| 3 | 06/19/2008 | ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION : Maring, Mary Muehlen | |
| 4 | 06/26/2008 | NOTICE OF CROSS APPEAL by Phelps Dodge Industries | |
| 5 | 06/26/2008 | Clerk's Supplemental Certificate of Record dated June 25, 2008, with entries 8-9 attached | |
| 6 | 07/11/2008 | DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRETY OF THE TWO ORIGINAL CASES IN THE RECORD ON APPEAL. | |
| 7 | 07/11/2008 | NO ACTION TAKEN (DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRETY OF THE TWO ORIGINAL CASES IN THE ROA) | |
| 8 | 07/21/2008 | Clerk's Second Supplemental Certificate of Record on Appeal dated July 18, 2008, w/attach 10-20 | |
| 9 | 07/21/2008 | NOTICE OF CROSS APPEAL filed by American Std, Trane Company, United Conveyor & SOS Products | |
| 10 | 07/21/2008 | NOTICE OF CROSS APPEAL filed by A.H. Bennett Co.; A.W. Kuettel & Sons; et al. | |
| 11 | 07/21/2008 | Request and Order for Transcript by Appellees A.H. Bennett Co., et al. | |
| 12 | 07/21/2008 | NOTICE OF CROSS APPEAL filed by Crane Co. | |
| 13 | 07/28/2008 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF | |
| 14 | 07/28/2008 | ACTION BY CLERK (MAT) - Granted : 08/25/2008 | |
| 15 | 08/05/2008 | Misc. correspondence regarding Mot. to Include Entire Record filed in trial court | |
| 16 | 08/11/2008 | Sua Sponte Motion for Remand to trial court | |
| 17 | 08/11/2008 | ACTION BY ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE (Mot/Remand) (Sua Sponte) - Granted | |
| 18 | 08/11/2008 | ORDER OF REMAND | |
| 19 | 08/12/2008 | Order of Remand Mailed to Parties | |
| 20 | 08/14/2008 | RECEIPT SIGNED BY DISTRICT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE | |
| 21 | 08/19/2008 | MOT. EXT/TIME TRANSCRIPT | |
| 22 | 08/19/2008 | ACTION BY TRIAL COURT (MTR) - Granted : 09/14/2008 | |
| 23 | 08/21/2008 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF | |
| 24 | 08/21/2008 | E-FILED MOTION (MAT) | |
| 25 | 08/25/2008 | ACTION BY SUPREME COURT - Granted : 11/17/2008 | |
| 26 | 09/22/2008 | TRANSCRIPTS DATED July 13, 2006, December 8, 2006, & June 11, 2007 | |
| 27 | 09/22/2008 | DISK - tra (7-13-06, 12-8-06, & 6-11-07) (e-mailed) | |
| 28 | 09/22/2008 | Proof of Service of Transcripts | |
| 29 | 10/31/2008 | Refiled RECORD ON APPEAL, w/Separate Nos. 14 & 30 (transcripts) and Record in Morton Co. No. | |
| 30 | 10/31/2008 | 02-C-1680 (56 vols. & Trans. dated 4-20-06; not rec'd: 707-Substitution of Counsel | |
| 31 | 10/31/2008 | & 743-Defendant's Notice of Motion) and Record in Morton Co. No. | |
| 32 | 10/31/2008 | 02-C-1681 (40 vols.) Not rec'd: 171-Substitution of Counsel/Consent; 291-Notice of Motion & Motion | |
| 33 | 10/31/2008 | to Admit Ailana T. McIntosh Pro Hac Vice; 292 (Affidavit of Aliana T. McIntosh); 293 (Affidavit of | |
| 34 | 10/31/2008 | Service by Mail; & 300 (Order--Aliana McIntosh) | |
| 35 | 11/13/2008 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF & Affidavit in Support (e-mailed) | |
| 36 | 11/13/2008 | E-FILED MOTION (Mot/Ext/ATB) | |
| 37 | 11/13/2008 | ACTION BY CLERK (Mot/Ext/ATB) - Granted : 11/24/2008 | |
| 38 | 11/22/2008 | MOTION OF APPELLANTS FOR DISMISSAL OF ALL CROSS-APPEALS & MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT - RspDue : 12/05/2008 | |
| 39 | 11/24/2008 | APPELLANT BRIEF (e-filed) | View |
| 40 | 11/24/2008 | E-FILED BRIEF (ATB) | |
| 41 | 11/24/2008 | APPELLANT APPENDIX (e-filed) PDF | |
| 42 | 11/24/2008 | E-FILED APPENDIX (PDF) | |
| 43 | 11/25/2008 | MOTION FOR Extension of Time to File Response to Motion for Dismissal of All Cross-Appeal | |
| 44 | 11/25/2008 | ACTION BY CLERK (granted/extension to file responses) - Granted : 12/11/2008 | |
| 45 | 11/28/2008 | Received $152.50 surcharge for ATB, ATA, and Motion. (Receipt #18631) | |
| 46 | 12/02/2008 | Received 7 copies of ATB from Central Duplicating | |
| 47 | 12/02/2008 | Received 6 copies of ATA from Central Duplicating | |
| 48 | 12/04/2008 | Updated Affidavits of Robert E. Diehl & Heather H. Neubuer | |
| 49 | 12/04/2008 | ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION : Kapsner, Carol Ronning | |
| 50 | 12/04/2008 | ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION : Crothers, Daniel John | |
| 51 | 12/11/2008 | APPELLEES & CROSS-APPELLANTS' OPPOSITION TO MOTION BY APPELLANTS FOR DISMISSAL OF ALL CROSS APPEALS | |
| 52 | 12/11/2008 | EFILED RESPONSE (Appellees & Cross Appellants' Opposition) | |
| 53 | 12/12/2008 | APPELLEES & CROSS-APPELLANTS' OPP. TO MOT. BY AT'S FOR DISMISSAL OF ALL CROSS APPEALS (STORSLEE) | |
| 54 | 12/12/2008 | EFILED RESPONSE (Appellees & Cross Appellants' Opposition) STORSLEE | |
| 55 | 12/12/2008 | MOTION TO FILE A REPLY TO RESPONSE (E-FILED) | |
| 56 | 12/12/2008 | E-FILED MOTION (MOTION TO FILE A REPLY TO RESPONSE) | |
| 57 | 12/16/2008 | ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE (MOT. TO FILE REPLY TO THE RESPONSE). - Granted : 12/23/2008 | |
| 58 | 12/23/2008 | Response Filed | |
| 59 | 12/23/2008 | E-FILED MOTION (Reply Memorandum in Support of Motion by Appellants, etc.) | |
| 60 | 01/02/2009 | E-filing surcharge for Reply Memorandum; receipt no. 18665 | |
| 61 | 01/02/2009 | SITTING WITH THE COURT : Hodny, William F. | |
| 62 | 01/13/2009 | ACTION BY SUPREME COURT (Mot. Dismiss All Cross-Appeal) - Granted | |
| 63 | 01/13/2009 | Reset due date for Appellees' Briefs after dismissal of cross-appeals | |
| 64 | 01/13/2009 | Reset due date for Appellees' Briefs after dismissal of cross-appeals - Granted : 02/12/2009 | |
| 65 | 02/09/2009 | APPELLEE BRIEF (Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc.) | View |
| 66 | 02/09/2009 | APPELLEE APPENDIX (includes a cd at the back of the appendix) (Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc.) | |
| 67 | 02/09/2009 | DISK of AEB (CD) (Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc.) | |
| 68 | 02/10/2009 | Letter from Michael D. Sharkey dated 2-10-09 RE: Appellee Fuel Economy Engineering Co. rests upon | |
| 69 | 02/10/2009 | the arguments made by other appellees | |
| 70 | 02/10/2009 | Updated Affidavit of Michael D. Sharkey (e-filed) | |
| 71 | 02/11/2009 | Ltr dtd 2-11-09 from Nicholas J. O'Connell re adopting and incorporating briefs of AE (e-mailed) | |
| 72 | 02/12/2009 | Letter from Steven Storslee dated 2-11-09 RE Crane Co. adopts & incorporates the briefs,submissions | |
| 73 | 02/12/2009 | & arguments of other appellees | |
| 74 | 02/12/2009 | E-mailed letter dated 2-12-09 from David Schach Re: United Conveyor Corporation & S.O.S. Products | |
| 75 | 02/12/2009 | Co. adopts & incorporates the briefs, submissions, & arguments of Appellee Phelps-Dodge Ind. | |
| 76 | 02/12/2009 | E-mailed letter dated 2-12-09 from Robert E. Diehl Re Appellees A.H. Bennett Co., A.W. Kuettel, | |
| 77 | 02/12/2009 | Border States Ind., Columbia Boiler Co., Dossert Corp., Ductsox Corp., Superior Essex, | |
| 78 | 02/12/2009 | Excelior, Inc., Foster Wheeler LLC, Greene, Tweed & Co., Houston Wire & Cable Co., | |
| 79 | 02/12/2009 | Oakfabco, Inc. (f/k/a Kewanee Boil Corp.), Rockbestos-Surprenant Cable Corp., Riley Stoker | |
| 80 | 02/12/2009 | Corp., RCH Newco II, LLC, f/k/a Robertson Ceco Corp. an alleged successor to H.H. Robertson Co., | |
| 81 | 02/12/2009 | Sprinkmann Sons Corp. of Illinois, Weil-McLain, & Zurn Industries, LLC, f/k/a Zurn Industries, | |
| 82 | 02/12/2009 | adopt & incorporate the briefs, submissions, & arguments of Appellee Phelps-Dodge Industries | |
| 83 | 02/13/2009 | Letter from Shawnda Ereth dated 2-12-09 re: Burnham LLC adopts & incorporates briefs, submissions, | |
| 84 | 02/13/2009 | and arguments of other appellees | |
| 85 | 02/16/2009 | E-mailed Letter from Paul R. Oppegard dated 2-16-09 RE: Uniroyal; | |
| 86 | 02/16/2009 | Airco, Inc.; Hobart Brothers Company; Lincoln Electric Company; Praxair Distribution | |
| 87 | 02/16/2009 | Inc.; Inductotherm; Graybar; & Kelsey-Hayes adopt & incorporate briefs, submissions, & | |
| 88 | 02/16/2009 | of Appellee Phelps-Dodge | |
| 89 | 02/17/2009 | Faxed letter from W. Todd Haggart dated 2-17-09 RE: American Standard & The Trane Co. adopt the | |
| 90 | 02/17/2009 | briefs & arguments of Phelps-Dodge Industries | |
| 91 | 02/17/2009 | E-mailed letter from Jane Dynes dated 2-17-09 RE: Appellees Certainteed Corporation, H.P. | |
| 92 | 02/17/2009 | Fuller Company, Foster Products Corporation, Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. & Union Carbide Corporation | |
| 93 | 02/17/2009 | adopt & incorporate the briefs, submissions, and arguments of Phelps-Dodge Industries | |
| 94 | 02/18/2009 | E-mailed letter from Richard J. Leighton dated 2-18-09 RE: Appellees The Jamar Company and Walker | |
| 95 | 02/18/2009 | Jamar Company adopt & incorporate briefs, submissions, & arguments of Phelps Dodge Ind. | |
| 96 | 02/19/2009 | Letter from Thomas D. Jensen dated 2-16-09 RE: Appellee Smith-Sharpe Co. adopts & incorporates | |
| 97 | 02/19/2009 | the briefs, submissions, & arguments of Phelps-Dodge | |
| 98 | 02/20/2009 | Letter from Kent B. Gravelle dated 2-20-09 RE:Appellee Henry Vogt Machine Co. adopts & incorporates | |
| 99 | 02/20/2009 | the briefs, submissions, & arguments of Appellee Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc. | |
| 100 | 02/23/2009 | SITTING WITH THE COURT : Goodman, Ronald E. | |
| 101 | 02/25/2009 | E-mailed letter from Stacey Tjon Bossart dated 2-25-09 RE: Appellee Bryan Steam LLC adopts & | |
| 102 | 02/25/2009 | incorporates the briefs, submissions, & arguments of Phelps-Dodge | |
| 103 | 02/25/2009 | SITTING WITH THE COURT : Smith, Kirk | |
| 104 | 02/27/2009 | MOT. EXT/TIME REPLY BRIEF & BRIEF IN SUPPORT (e-filed) | |
| 105 | 02/27/2009 | E-FILED MOTION (MRY) | |
| 106 | 02/27/2009 | ACTION BY CLERK (MRY) - Granted : 03/10/2009 | |
| 107 | 03/10/2009 | MOT. EXT/TIME REPLY BRIEF | |
| 108 | 03/10/2009 | E-FILED MOTION - MRY | |
| 109 | 03/11/2009 | ACTION BY CLERK - MRY - Granted : 03/12/2009 | |
| 110 | 03/12/2009 | REPLY BRIEF (e-filed) | View |
| 111 | 03/12/2009 | E-FILED BRIEF (RYB) | |
| 112 | 03/13/2009 | Seven copies of RYB made | |
| 113 | 03/18/2009 | APPEARANCES: David C. Thompson; Larry L. Boschee | |
| 114 | 03/18/2009 | ARGUED: Thompson; Boschee | |
| 115 | 03/18/2009 | ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST | |
| 116 | 06/29/2009 | DISPOSITION | |
| 117 | 06/29/2009 | UNANIMOUS OPINION : Sandstrom, Dale V. | View |
| 118 | 06/29/2009 | Costs on appeal taxed in favor of Appellant's | |
| 119 | 06/29/2009 | Judgment e-mailed to Parties | |
| 120 | 07/07/2009 | PETITION FOR REHEARING | View |
| 121 | 07/07/2009 | DISK - PER (CDROM) | |
| 122 | 07/21/2009 | MOTION FOR Substitute pages 1 & 2 (sua sponte) | |
| 123 | 07/21/2009 | ACTION BY SUPREME COURT (substitute pages 1 & 2 of Opinion) - Granted | |
| 124 | 07/21/2009 | Substitute Opinion Pages 1 & 2 | |
| 125 | 07/24/2009 | Order Mailed to Parties (substitute pages) | |
| 126 | 07/31/2009 | ACTION BY SUPREME COURT (Pet/Rehearing) - Denied | |
| 127 | 08/13/2009 | MANDATE | |
| 128 | 08/17/2009 | RECEIPT SIGNED BY DISTRICT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE | |
| 129 | 01/16/2020 | EXPUNGED - Nonpermanent record items destroyed |