Mertz v. 999 Quebec, Inc., et al.
Docket No. 20090031
Oral Argument:
Thursday, September 17, 2009 2:45pm
Docket Info
- Title
- Shirley Mertz, Plaintiff and Appellant
v.
999 Quebec, Inc. , a Delaware corporation; A.H. Bennett Company,
a Minnesota corporation; A.O. Smith Corporation,
a Delaware corporation; A.W. Chesterton Company,
a Massachusetts corporation; Airco, Inc., a Delaware
corporation; American Standard, Inc., a Delaware
corporation; Anchor Packing Company, a Delaware
corporation; Apollo Piping & Supply, an Illinois
corporation: Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., a Canadian
corporation; Atlas Turner, Inc., a Canadian
corporation; Australian Blue Asbestos, Pty., an
Australian corporation; Bell & Gossett, a
foreign corporation; Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd.,
a Canadian corporation; Bryan Steam Corporation,
an Indiana corporation; Building Sprinkler Company,
Inc., a North Dakota corporation; Burnham Corporation,
a Pennsylvania corporation; CBS Corporation , a Pennsylvania
corporation; Carborundum Abrasives Company, a
Delaware corporation; Carborundum Company, a Delaware
corporation; Certain-Teed Corporation, a Maryland
corporation; Chicago-Wilcox Manufacturing Company,
an Illinois corporation; Chromalox , a Missouri corporation;
Cleaver-Brooks, Division of Aqua-Chem, Inc., a
Delaware corporation; Crane Company, a Delaware
corporation; Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., a New
York corporation ; CSR, Ltd.
a/k/a Colonial Sugar Refining Company, Ltd.,
an Australian corporation, individually and as an
alter-ego of Australian Blue Asbestos, Pty.; Dakota
Welding Supply, a foreign corporation; Deltak, L.L.C.,
a Unit of Jason, Inc., a Minnesota corporation;
Detroit Stoker, a Michigan corporation; Draxton Sales,
a Minnesota corporation; Durabla Manufacturing Company,
a Pennsylvania corporation; E.J. Lavino and Company,
Inc., a Delaware corporation; F.R.P. Products, Ltd.,
a foreign corporation; F&C Supply, Inc., a North
Dakota corporation; Fargo-Moorhead Insulation Company,
a North Dakota corporation; Firebrick Supply Co., a
Minnesota corporation; Foster Products Corporation,
a Minnesota corporation ; Foster Wheeler Corporation, a New York corporation;
Garlock, Inc., an Ohio corporation; General Electric
Company, a foreign business corporation organized
under the laws of New York; Georgia-Pacific Corp.,
a Georgia corporation; Goodrich Corporation, a New
York corporation, ;
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation;
Goulds Pumps, Inc., a New York corporation; Greene,
Tweed & Co., a Pennsylvania corporation; Guard-Line,
Inc., a Texas corporation; H.B. Fuller. Co., a
Minnesota corporation; H.H. Robertson Company, a
Pennsylvania corporation: Henry Vogt Machine Company,
a Kentucky corporation; Hercules Chemical Company,
Inc., a New Jersey corporation; Hickory Insulation Co.,
a foreign corporation; Hobart Brothers Co., an Ohio
corporation; Honeywell, Inc., a Delaware corporation;
Hydrotherm, Inc., a California corporation; Inductotherm
Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation; Ingersoll-
Rand Company, a New Jersey corporation; Insulation
Services, Inc., a Louisiana corporation; International
Vermiculite Co., an Illinois corporation; J.H. France
Refractories Company, a Pennsylvania corporation; The Jamar
Company, a Minnesota corporation ; John Crane,
Inc., a Delaware corporation ;
Johnston Boiler Co., a Michigan corporation; Kelsey-Hayes
Group , a Delaware
corporation; Kewanee Boiler Corporation , an Illinois corporation; Lincoln Electric Co.,
an Ohio corporation; Lochinvar, a Tennessee corporation;
Mauritzon, Inc., a foreign corporation; McMaster Carr
Supply Company, an Illinois corporation; Mellema Company,
a Minnesota corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, a foreign corporation; Minnesota Mining &
Manufacturing, a Delaware corporation; Murray Iron Works
Company, a foreign corporation; Northern Plumbing &
Heating, Inc., a North Dakota corporation; Northern
Plumbing Supply, Inc., a North Dakota corporation;
Norton Company, a Delaware corporation, individually
and as successor by merger with Carborundum Abrasives
Company; Owens-Illinois, Inc., an Ohio corporation;
The P.R. Sussman Company, an Ohio corporation, as
successor to The Sussman Asbestos Company; Parker Boiler
Co., a California corporation; Paul A. Douden, a Colorado
corporation; Paul W. Abbott, a foreign corporation;
The Peerless Heater Company, Division of Peerless
Industries, Inc., a foreign corporation; Power Process
Equipment, Inc., a Minnesota corporation; Praxair
Distribution, Inc., a foreign corporation; Rapid-
American Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Research
Cottrell, Inc., a New Jersey corporation; Rheem
Manufacturing Company, a Delaware corporation; Rhone-
Poulenc, Inc., a New York corporation ; Riley Stoker Corporation, a foreign
business corporation organized under the laws of
Mississippi; Rite-Hite Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation;
Ruud Manufacturing Company, a foreign corporation;
S.O.S. Products Company, Inc., a New York corporation;
SEPCO Corporation, an Alabama corporation; Singer Safety
Company, an Illinois corporation; Smith-Sharpe Company,
a Minnesota corporation; Sprinkmann Sons Corporation, a
Wisconsin corporation; Sprinkmann Sons Corporation of
Illinois, an Illinois corporation; Superior Boiler Works,
Inc., a Kansas corporation; Sussman Electric Boilers, a
New York corporation; The Trane Co., a New York corporation,
; Union Boiler Co.,
a Delaware corporation;Union Carbide Corporation, a
Delaware corporation; Uniroyal, Inc., a New Jersey
corporation; United Conveyor Corporation, an Illinois
corporation; Victor H. Leeby Company, a North Dakota
corporation; Walker Jamar Company, a Minnesota corporation;
Water Applications & Systems Corporation, , a foreign corporation; Weil
McLain Company, a Delaware corporation; Whittier Filtration,
Inc., , a subsidiary
of Water Applications & Systems Corporation, a foreign
corporation; Zurn Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania
corporation, Defendants
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A. H. Bennett Company, a Minnesota corporation;
Crane Company, a Delaware corporation; A. O.
Smith Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Bryan
Steam Corporation, an Indiana corporation;
Burnham Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation;
Certain-Teed Corporation, a Maryland corporation;
Chromalox ,
a Missouri corporation; Cleaver-Brooks, Division
of Aqua-Chem, Inc., a Delaware Corporation;
Crane Company, a Delaware corporation; Detroit
Stoker, a Michigan corporation; Foster Products
Corporation, a Minnesota corporation ; Foster Wheeler
Corporation, a New York corporation; L.L.C.; Goulds
Pumps, Inc., a New York corporation; Greene,
Tweed & Co., a Pennsylvania corporation; Guard-Line,
Inc., a Texas corporation; Inductotherm Industries, Inc.,
a New Jersey corporation; Industrial Holdings Corporation,
f/k/a The Carborundum Company; Ingersoll-Rand Company,
a New Jersey corporation; ITT Corporation, f/k/a
Bell & Gossett, a foreign corporation; Fargo-Moorhead
Insulation Company, a North Dakota corporation; Goodrich
corporation, a New York corporation ; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company,
an Ohio corporation; Kelsey-Hayes Group , a Delaware
corporation; Mauritzon, Inc., a foreign corporation;
McMaster Carr Supply Company, an Illinois corporation;
The Peerless Heater Company, Division of Peerless
Industries, Inc., a foreign corporation; Riley Stoker
Corporation, a foreign business corporation
organized under the laws of Mississippi;
Rite-Hite Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation;
Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc. ; Singer Safety Company,
an Illinois corporation; Smith-Sharpe
Company, a Minnesota corporation; S.O.S.
Products Company, Inc., a New York corporation;
Sprinkmann Sons Corporation of Illinois, an
Illinois corporation; Superior Boiler Works,
Inc., a Kansas corporation; Sussman
Electric Boilers, a New York corporation;
The Trane Co., a New York corporation,
;
Union Carbide Corporation, a Delaware
coporation; Uniroyal, Inc., a New Jersey
corporation; United Conveyor Corporation,
an Illinois corporation; and Weil-McLain
Company, a Delaware corporation; Defendants and Appellees - Case Type
- CIVIL APPEAL : TORTS (NEGLIGENCE, LIAB., NUIS.)
- Appeal From
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Case No. 05-C-00163
South Central Judicial District, Morton County
Robert O. Wefald
2010 ND 51780 N.W.2d 446
Oral Argument
9/17/2009
Highlight
An order granting summary judgment is not appealable, but an attempted appeal from an order granting summary judgment will be treated as an appeal from a subsequently entered consistent judgment, if one exists.
Counsel
| Party | Type | Name |
|---|---|---|
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Jane L Dynes - 04495 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Steven A. Storslee - 03346 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | David Thomas Schach - 06491 |
| APPELLANT | PRIVATE PRACTICE | David C. Thompson - 03921 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Ronald H McLean - 03260 |
| APPELLANT | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Jeanette Boechler - 03550 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Not Licensed in ND - 00002 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Not Licensed in ND - 00002 |
| APPELLEE | LEGAL AID ASSOCIATION | Not Licensed in ND - 00002 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Not Licensed in ND - 00002 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Nicholas John O'Connell - 06251 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Stacey Tjon Bossart - 05440 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Paul Rudell Oppegard - 04363 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Shawnda R Ereth - 05701 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Scott David Jensen - 04315 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Kyle Brown Mansfield - 04723 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Douglas W Gigler - 04984 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Thomas Dice Jensen - 05680 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Jon P Parrington - 04359 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | B Timothy Durick - 02994 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Timothy Michael O'Keeffe - 05636 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Elizabeth Marie Sorenson Brotten - 06521 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | W. Todd Haggart - 03533 |
(Note: Attachments may not be available for recently filed cases and/or confidential documents.)
| Seq. # | Filing Date | Description | Attachment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01/21/2009 | NOTICE OF APPEAL : 01/16/2009 | |
| 2 | 02/09/2009 | Received Notice of Appearance of David C. Thompson for Appellant Shirley Mertz | |
| 3 | 02/19/2009 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF (e-filed) PDF | |
| 4 | 02/19/2009 | E-FILED MOTION (MAT) | |
| 5 | 02/19/2009 | ACTION BY CLERK (Mot/Ext/ATB) - Granted : 03/25/2009 | |
| 6 | 02/17/2009 | RECORD ON APPEAL (5 Vol.) | |
| 7 | 03/11/2009 | SUPPLEMENTAL CLERK'S CERTIFICATE OF RECORD DATED MARCH 10, 2009 (ENTRIES 204 & 205) | |
| 8 | 03/16/2009 | Acknowledgment of Order for Transcript | |
| 9 | 03/24/2009 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF & AFF/SUPPORT (E-filed) | |
| 10 | 03/24/2009 | E-FILED MOTION (Mot/Ext/ATB) | |
| 11 | 03/25/2009 | ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE (ATB) - Granted : 04/15/2009 | |
| 12 | 04/06/2009 | Letter dated April 3, 2009, from Mr. Thompson regarding | |
| 13 | 04/15/2009 | APPELLANT BRIEF (e-filed) | View |
| 14 | 04/15/2009 | E-FILED BRIEF (ATB) | |
| 15 | 04/15/2009 | APPELLANT APPENDIX (e-filed) | |
| 16 | 04/15/2009 | E-FILED APPENDIX (ATA) | |
| 17 | 04/17/2009 | Updated Affidavit of Robert E. Diehl | |
| 18 | 04/20/2009 | Received $141.50 for surcharge of ATB & ATA (Receipt #18813) | |
| 19 | 04/22/2009 | Received 7 copies of ATB from Central Duplicating | |
| 20 | 04/22/2009 | TRANSCRIPT DATED April 22, 2009 | |
| 21 | 04/22/2009 | DISK - TRA 4/22/09 | |
| 22 | 04/22/2009 | Received 6 copies of ATA from CSD | |
| 23 | 04/24/2009 | Updated Affidavit of Heather H. Neubauer | |
| 24 | 04/27/2009 | Supplemental Clerk's Certificate dated 4-24-09 (Entry Nos. 206-210) | |
| 25 | 04/29/2009 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLEE BRIEF (Letter from Robert Diehl dated 4-24-09) | |
| 26 | 04/29/2009 | ACTION BY CLERK (MAE) - Granted : 06/03/2009 | |
| 27 | 05/05/2009 | D. Schach letter of 5/5/2009 joining in ext. for AEB (United Conveyor Corp. & S.O.S. Products Co.) | |
| 28 | 05/05/2009 | E-FILED MOTION | |
| 29 | 05/05/2009 | ACTION BY CLERK - Granted : 06/03/2009 | |
| 30 | 05/06/2009 | S. Storslee email indicating Crane Co. will be joining in a brief, and needs ext. | |
| 31 | 05/06/2009 | E-FILED MOTION | |
| 32 | 05/06/2009 | ACTION BY CLERK - Granted : 06/03/2009 | |
| 33 | 05/11/2009 | Motion & Affidavit for Pro Hac Vice Admission (William M. Hart) - Schach, Hughes & Russell assoc. | |
| 34 | 05/11/2009 | E-FILED MOTION | |
| 35 | 05/12/2009 | ACTION BY CLERK - Granted | |
| 36 | 06/03/2009 | APPELLEE BRIEF (e-filed) (pdf) | View |
| 37 | 06/03/2009 | E-FILED BRIEF (AEB) (PDF) | |
| 38 | 06/03/2009 | APPELLEE APPENDIX (e-filed) | |
| 39 | 06/03/2009 | E-FILED APPENDIX (AEA) | |
| 40 | 06/03/2009 | Joinder of Crane Co. Pursuant to Rule 28(j) N.D.R.App.P. | |
| 41 | 06/03/2009 | Joinder of A.O. Smith Corporation Pursuant to Rule 28(j) N.D.R.App.P. | |
| 42 | 06/03/2009 | Joinder of Inductotherm Industries; Uniroyal, Inc.; Sussman Automatic Corp; Guard-Line Inc.; | |
| 43 | 06/03/2009 | Sprinkmann Sons Corp; & Kelsey-Hayes Co. to Rule 28(j) | |
| 44 | 06/03/2009 | Joinder of Industrial Holdings Corporation f/k/a The Carborundum Co. (letter from O'Connell) | |
| 45 | 06/03/2009 | Joinder of Bryan Steam, LLC (letter from Stacey Tjon Bossart) | |
| 46 | 06/03/2009 | Joinder of Mauritzon, Inc. (letter from Stacy Tjon Bossart) | |
| 47 | 06/03/2009 | Joinder of Smith-Sharpe Co. Pursuant to Rule 28(j) | |
| 48 | 06/03/2009 | Joinder of Certain-Teed Corporation;Foster Products Corporation; & Union Carbide Corp.to Rule 28(J) | |
| 49 | 06/08/2009 | Received 7 copies of AEB from CSD | |
| 50 | 06/08/2009 | Received 6 copies of AEA from CSD | |
| 51 | 06/09/2009 | ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION : Kapsner, Carol Ronning | |
| 52 | 06/09/2009 | Joinder of Detroit Stoker Company, Ingersoll-Rand Company, ITT Corporation, McMaster-Carr | |
| 53 | 06/09/2009 | Supply Company, Peerless Industries, Inc., Superior Boiler Works, Inc. & Trane U.S. Inc., f/k/a | |
| 54 | 06/09/2009 | American Standard Inc. Pursuant to Rule 28(j) N.D.R.App.P. | |
| 55 | 06/09/2009 | 3rd Supplemental Clerk's Certificate dated 6-4-09 (Entry Nos. 211 & 212) | |
| 56 | 06/09/2009 | Joinder of Cleaver-Brooks, Inc. Pursuant to N.D.R.App.P. 28(j) | |
| 57 | 06/10/2009 | Joinder of Chromalox (a division of Emerson Electric Co.) | |
| 58 | 06/10/2009 | Joinder of Fargo-Moorhead Insulation Company Pursuant to Rule 28(j), N.D.R.App.P. | |
| 59 | 06/10/2009 | Joinder of Goodrich Corporation Pursuant to Rule 28(j), N.D.R.App.P. | |
| 60 | 06/10/2009 | Joinder of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Pursuant to Rule 28(j) N.D.R.App.P. | |
| 61 | 06/10/2009 | Updated Affidavit of Michael D. Sharkey & Affidavit of Jon P. Parrington RE: Pro Hac Vice-Sharkey | |
| 62 | 06/11/2009 | Joinder of Burnham LLC (Letter from Shawnda R. Ereth) | |
| 63 | 06/11/2009 | Joinder of Goulds Pumps, Inc. (letter from Shawnda Ereth) | |
| 64 | 06/19/2009 | MOT. EXT/TIME REPLY BRIEF | |
| 65 | 06/19/2009 | ACTION BY CLERK (MRY) - Granted : 07/22/2009 | |
| 66 | 07/21/2009 | MOT. EXT/TIME REPLY BRIEF (E-filed) | |
| 67 | 07/21/2009 | E-FILED MOTION (Mot/Ext/RYB) | |
| 68 | 07/21/2009 | ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE (MRY) - Granted : 07/29/2009 | |
| 69 | 07/24/2009 | NOTICE OF ORAL ARGUMENT MAILED | |
| 70 | 07/29/2009 | REPLY BRIEF of Appellant (E-filed)(PDF) | View |
| 71 | 07/29/2009 | E-FILED BRIEF (RYB) | |
| 72 | 07/29/2009 | Addendum to Reply Brief (e-filed) | |
| 73 | 07/29/2009 | E-FILED APPENDIX (Addendum to RYB) | |
| 74 | 07/29/2009 | SITTING WITH THE COURT : Lee, Gary H. | |
| 75 | 08/03/2009 | Received $3.50 surcharge for RYB (Receipt #18951) | |
| 76 | 08/03/2009 | Received 7 cc of RYB from Central Duplicating | |
| 77 | 08/10/2009 | ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION : Sandstrom, Dale V. | |
| 78 | 08/25/2009 | SITTING WITH THE COURT : McCullough, Steven E. | |
| 79 | 09/17/2009 | APPEARANCES:David Thompson/William Hart,David Schach,Elizabeth Sorenson Brotten,Tracy Lyson,Evenson | |
| 80 | 09/17/2009 | ARGUED: Thompson/Hart | |
| 81 | 09/17/2009 | ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST | |
| 82 | 03/24/2010 | DISPOSITION | |
| 83 | 03/24/2010 | SPLIT OPINION : Crothers, Daniel John | View |
| 84 | 03/24/2010 | (DISSENT) : Maring, Mary Muehlen | |
| 85 | 03/24/2010 | (JOIN DISSENT) : VandeWalle, Gerald W. | |
| 86 | 03/24/2010 | (CONCUR and DISSENT) : Lee, Gary H. | |
| 87 | 03/24/2010 | (Per Curiam separate explains the understanding of the status of the case on remand) | |
| 88 | 03/24/2010 | Costs on appeal taxed in favor of Appellant | |
| 89 | 03/25/2010 | Judgment Sent to Parties | |
| 90 | 04/16/2010 | MANDATE | |
| 91 | 04/20/2010 | RECEIPT SIGNED BY DISTRICT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE | |
| 92 | 10/19/2020 | EXPUNGED - Nonpermanent record items destroyed |