Vicknair, et al. v. Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc., et al.
Docket No. 20100029
Oral Argument:
Thursday, October 7, 2010 1:30pm
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,; Cleaver-Brooks, Division of Aqua-Chem,
Inc.; Dossert Corporation; DuctSox Corporation
f/k/a Frommelt Safety Products; Superior Essex Group
; Electric Supply Corp.; 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.; United Conveyor
Corporation; S.O.S. Products Company, Inc.;
Foseco, Inc.; Fuel Economy Engineering, Co.;
Burnham LLC, f/k/a Burnham Corporation;
Bryan Steam Corporation; Certain-Teed Corporation;
Foster Products Corporation ; Graybar Electric;
H.P. Fuller Company; Hobart Brothers Co.;
Inductotherm Industries, Inc.;
The Jamar Company ; John Crane, Inc.
; 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. ;
Stemmerich Supply Co.; Thermo Electric Co.
; and Union Carbide
Corporation, Defendants and Appellees
and
999 Quebec, Inc. ; ACandS, Inc. ; A.L.
Crump and Company, Inc.; American
Standard, 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 ; 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.; Henry Vogt Machine Company;
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;
J.H. France Refractories Company; 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.;
Smith-Sharpe Company; SEPCO Corporation;
Superior Boiler Works, Inc.; Sussman
Electric Boilers; The Trane Company ; U.S. Filter Co.;
Union Boiler Co.; Uniroyal, Inc.;
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
2011 ND 39794 N.W.2d 746
Oral Argument
10/7/2010
Highlight
When a statute is derived from a uniform act it must be construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it.
A party seeking application of the "escape clause" in N.D.C.C. 28-01.2-04, which provides an exception to the general rule that the statute of limitations of the state whose substantive law governs the case should be applied, bears the burden of proving the escape clause applies.
A party who responds to a motion for summary judgment by requesting additional time for discovery under N.D.R.Civ.P. 56(f) must identify with specificity the particular information sought and explain how that information would preclude summary judgment and why it has not previously been obtained.
Counsel
| Party | Type | Name |
|---|---|---|
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Shawnda R Ereth - 05701 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Richard John Leighton - 04847 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Stacey Tjon Bossart - 05440 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Paul Rudell Oppegard - 04363 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Kyle Brown Mansfield - 04723 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Not Licensed in ND - 00002 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | David Thomas Schach - 06491 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Steven A. Storslee - 03346 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Ronald H McLean - 03260 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Not Licensed in ND - 00002 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Larry L Boschee - 04293 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Jane L Dynes - 04495 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Stephen W Plambeck - 03240 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Nicholas John O'Connell - 06251 |
| DEFENDANT | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Thomas Dice Jensen - 05680 |
| DEFENDANT | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Kent Benedict Gravelle - 05967 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Jon P Parrington - 04359 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Scott David Jensen - 04315 |
| AMICUS CURIAE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Jeb Donavan Oehlke - 06446 |
| AMICUS CURIAE | CORPORATE COUNSEL | Not Licensed in ND - 00002 |
| AMICUS CURIAE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Not Licensed in ND - 00002 |
| AMICUS CURIAE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Not Licensed in ND - 00002 |
| APPELLANT | PRIVATE PRACTICE | David C. Thompson - 03921 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Heather Holland Neubauer - 06638 |
| DEFENDANT | PRIVATE PRACTICE | W. Todd Haggart - 03533 |
| APPELLANT | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Jeanette Boechler - 03550 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Elizabeth Marie Sorenson Brotten - 06521 |
(Note: Attachments may not be available for recently filed cases and/or confidential documents.)
| Seq. # | Filing Date | Description | Attachment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01/22/2010 | NOTICE OF APPEAL : 01/21/2010 | |
| 2 | 01/22/2010 | ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT : 01/21/2010 | |
| 3 | 01/22/2010 | ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION : Maring, Mary Muehlen | |
| 4 | 01/22/2010 | ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION : Crothers, Daniel John | |
| 5 | 01/22/2010 | ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION : Kapsner, Carol Ronning | |
| 6 | 02/08/2010 | Acknowledgment of OTR | |
| 7 | 03/11/2010 | TRANSCRIPT DATED November 30, 2009, & C.O.S. | |
| 8 | 03/11/2010 | DISK-tra (11/30/09) e-mailed | |
| 9 | 03/12/2010 | RECORD ON APPEAL (3 vols.) & Separate Nos. 14, 30, 37, 91, 98, 99, & 100, including transcripts | |
| 10 | 03/29/2010 | Updated Affidavit of Robert E. Diehl | |
| 11 | 03/31/2010 | Updated Affidavit of Michael Sharkey & Affidavit of Jon P. Parrignton | |
| 12 | 04/19/2010 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF | |
| 13 | 04/19/2010 | E-FILED MOTION | |
| 14 | 04/19/2010 | ACTION BY CLERK - Granted : 05/20/2010 | |
| 15 | 04/21/2010 | Record in Morton Co. No. 02-C-1680 (56 vols. & trans. dated 4-20-06) Not rec'd: 707--Substitution | |
| 16 | 04/21/2010 | of Counsel/Consent and Record in Morton Co. No. 02-C-1681 (40 vols.) Not Rec'd: #171- | |
| 17 | 04/21/2010 | Substitution of Counsel/Consent; 291-Notice of Motion & Motion to Admit Ailana T. McIntosh Pro | |
| 18 | 04/21/2010 | Hac Vice; 292--Affidavit of Aliana T. McIntosh; 293--Affidavit of Service by Mail; & | |
| 19 | 04/21/2010 | 300-Order-Aliana McIntosh) | |
| 20 | 05/18/2010 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF (E-FILED) | |
| 21 | 05/18/2010 | E-FILED MOTION (MAT) | |
| 22 | 05/19/2010 | ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE (MAT) - Granted : 06/21/2010 | |
| 23 | 06/15/2010 | Supplemental Clerk's Certificate of Record 02-C-01681 (Entry nos. 1145 and 1146) | |
| 24 | 06/21/2010 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF (e-mailed) | |
| 25 | 06/21/2010 | E-FILED MOTION (ATB) | |
| 26 | 06/22/2010 | ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE (MAT) - Granted : 06/22/2010 | |
| 27 | 06/22/2010 | APPELLANT BRIEF (e-filed) | View |
| 28 | 06/22/2010 | E-FILED BRIEF (ATB) | |
| 29 | 06/22/2010 | APPELLANT APPENDIX (e-filed) | |
| 30 | 06/22/2010 | E-FILED APPENDIX (ATA) | |
| 31 | 06/24/2010 | Received $123.00 for e-filed ATB & ATA (Receipt #19589) | |
| 32 | 06/25/2010 | Received 7 copies of ATB from CSD | |
| 33 | 06/25/2010 | Received 6 copies of ATA from CSD | |
| 34 | 07/09/2010 | Supplemental Clerk's Certificate of Record 02-C-01680 (Entry nos. 1304 & 1305) | |
| 35 | 07/22/2010 | Motions for Adm. Pro Hac Vice & Updated Affids of Robin Conrad, Mark Behrens, & Cary Silverman | |
| 36 | 07/22/2010 | MOTION for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief (N.D. Chamber of Commerce, et al.) | |
| 37 | 07/22/2010 | ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE (Mot/File/ACB) - Granted | |
| 38 | 07/22/2010 | AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF (N.D. Chamber of Commerce, et al.) | View |
| 39 | 07/22/2010 | DISK (ACB) | |
| 40 | 07/22/2010 | APPELLEE BRIEF, with attached Addendum (Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc.) | View |
| 41 | 07/22/2010 | APPELLEE APPENDIX (3 Vols.) | |
| 42 | 07/22/2010 | DISK - aeb (Phelps Dodge) (CD-ROM) | |
| 43 | 07/28/2010 | Notice of Joinder to Brief of Phelps Dodge of Defendants A.H. Bennett Company; A.W. Kuettel & Sons, | |
| 44 | 07/28/2010 | Inc.; Border States Industries, Inc.; Columbia Boil Company of Pottstown, P.A.; Dossert Corp.; | |
| 45 | 07/28/2010 | Ductsox Corporation; Electric Supply Corp.; Superior Essex Inc.; Excelsior, Inc.; Foster | |
| 46 | 07/28/2010 | Wheeler LLC; Greene, Tweed and Company; Houston Wire & Cable Company; Oakfabco, Inc.; | |
| 47 | 07/28/2010 | RSCC Wire & Cable, Inc. (f/k/a Rockbestos-Surprenant Cable Corp.); Riley Power Inc., f/k/a | |
| 48 | 07/28/2010 | Babcock Borsig Power Inc., f/k/a DB RIley, Inc., f/k/a Riley Stoker Corporation; RCH Newco II, | |
| 49 | 07/28/2010 | LLC, f/k/a Robertson Ceco Corporation an alleged successor to H.H; Robertson Company; | |
| 50 | 07/28/2010 | Sprinkmann Sons Corp. of Illinois; Stemmerich, Inc.; Weil-McLain; & Zurn Industries, LLC, f/k/a | |
| 51 | 07/28/2010 | f/k/a Zurn Industries, Inc. (from Attorneys Brotten, Mansfield & Diehl) | |
| 52 | 07/28/2010 | E-FILED NOTICE OF JOINDER (from Brotten, Mansfield & Diehl) | |
| 53 | 08/03/2010 | MOT. EXT/TIME REPLY BRIEF | |
| 54 | 08/03/2010 | E-FILED MOTION | |
| 55 | 08/04/2010 | ACTION BY CLERK - Granted : 09/08/2010 | |
| 56 | 08/04/2010 | Joinder of Crane Co. (from Atty. Storslee) | |
| 57 | 08/04/2010 | E-FILED Joinder of Crane Co. (from Atty. Storslee) | |
| 58 | 08/04/2010 | Joinder of Jamar Co. and Walker Jamar Company (from Atty Richard Leighton) | |
| 59 | 08/04/2010 | E-FILED Joinder of Jamar Co. and Walker Jamar Company (from Atty. Leighton) | |
| 60 | 08/04/2010 | Joinder of S.O.S. Products Company and United Conveyor Corporation (Atty. Schach) e-filed | |
| 61 | 08/04/2010 | E-FILED Joinder of S.O.S. Products Company and United Conveyor Corporation (Atty. Schach) | |
| 62 | 08/05/2010 | Joinder of Bryan Steam, LLC (from Atty. Stacey Tjon Bossart) | |
| 63 | 08/05/2010 | E-FILED Joinder of Bryan Steam, LLC (from Atty. Bossart) | |
| 64 | 08/05/2010 | Joinder of Foseco, Inc. (from Atty. Nicholas O'Connell) | |
| 65 | 08/05/2010 | E-FILED Joinder of Foseco, Inc. (from Atty. O'Connell) | |
| 66 | 08/06/2010 | Joinder of Airco, Inc.; Hobart Brothers; Lincoln Electric; & Praxair Distribution, Inc.(from atty. | |
| 67 | 08/06/2010 | Paul Oppegard) | |
| 68 | 08/06/2010 | E-FILED Joinder of Airco; Hobart Brothers; Lincoln Electric; & Praxair (from Atty. Oppegard) | |
| 69 | 08/06/2010 | Joinder of Graybar Electric (from Atty. Paul Oppegard) | |
| 70 | 08/06/2010 | E-FILED Joinder of Graybar Electric (from Atty. Oppegard) | |
| 71 | 08/06/2010 | Joinder of Inductotherm, Inc. (from Atty. Paul Oppegard) | |
| 72 | 08/06/2010 | E-FILED Joinder of Inductothern, Inc. (from Atty. Oppegard) | |
| 73 | 08/06/2010 | Joinder of Kelsey-Hays Company (from Atty. Paul Oppegard) | |
| 74 | 08/06/2010 | E-FILED Joinder of Kelsey-Hays Company (from Atty. Oppegard) | |
| 75 | 08/09/2010 | Joinder of Burnham LLC (from Atty. Ereth) | |
| 76 | 08/09/2010 | E-FILED Joinder of Burnham LLC | |
| 77 | 08/10/2010 | Joinder of CertainTeed Corp., H.P. Fuller Co., Foster Products Corp., Rhone Poulenc, Inc. and | |
| 78 | 08/10/2010 | Union Carbide Corp. | |
| 79 | 08/10/2010 | E-FILED Joinder of CertainTeed HP Fuller Foster Products Rhone Poulenc & Union Carbide(AttyDynes) | |
| 80 | 08/10/2010 | Joinder of Fuel Economy Engineering Co. (from Atty. Michael Sharkey) | |
| 81 | 08/10/2010 | E-FILED JOINDER of Fuel Economy Engineering Co. (from Atty. Sharkey) | |
| 82 | 08/11/2010 | Joinder of Cleaver-Brooks, Inc. (Atty Scott Jensen) e-filed | |
| 83 | 08/11/2010 | E-FILED Joinder of Cleaver-Brooks, Inc. | |
| 84 | 08/11/2010 | Joinder of John Crane, Inc. (Atty Scott Jensen) | |
| 85 | 08/11/2010 | E-FILED Joinder of John Crane, Inc. | |
| 86 | 08/16/2010 | Joinder of Exteco, Inc. (f/k/a Thermo Electric Co.) (Atty. Scott Jensen) | |
| 87 | 08/16/2010 | E-FILED JOINDER of EXTECO, INC. (f/k/a Thermo Electric Co.) (Atty Scott Jensen) | |
| 88 | 09/08/2010 | REPLY BRIEF of Appellants (E-filed) | View |
| 89 | 09/08/2010 | E-FILED BRIEF (RYB) | |
| 90 | 09/08/2010 | Supplemental Appendix of Appellants (e-filed) | |
| 91 | 09/08/2010 | E-FILED APPENDIX (Supplemental Appendix) | |
| 92 | 09/15/2010 | $15.50 surcharge for Supplemental Appendix (Receipt #19962) | |
| 93 | 09/16/2010 | Received 7 copies of RYB from CSD | |
| 94 | 09/16/2010 | Received 6 copies of Supplement to RYB from CSD | |
| 95 | 09/21/2010 | NOTICE OF ORAL ARGUMENT SENT | |
| 96 | 09/23/2010 | SITTING WITH THE COURT : Schmalenberger, Allan L. | |
| 97 | 09/23/2010 | SITTING WITH THE COURT : Hodny, William F. | |
| 98 | 09/29/2010 | SITTING WITH THE COURT : Leclerc, Lawrence A. | |
| 99 | 10/07/2010 | APPEARANCES: David C. Thompson; Larry L. Boschee | |
| 100 | 10/07/2010 | ARGUED: David C. Thompson; Larry L. Boschee | |
| 101 | 10/07/2010 | ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST | |
| 102 | 10/08/2010 | 1st Supplemental Clerk's Certificate of Record (entry nos. 120 - 123) | |
| 103 | 10/15/2010 | 2nd Supplemental Clerk's Certificate of Record (entry nos. 124 & 125) | |
| 104 | 02/18/2011 | DISPOSITION | |
| 105 | 02/18/2011 | UNANIMOUS OPINION : VandeWalle, Gerald W. | View |
| 106 | 02/18/2011 | Costs on Appeal taxed in favor or appellees | |
| 107 | 02/21/2011 | Judgment Sent to Parties | |
| 108 | 03/15/2011 | MANDATE | |
| 109 | 03/28/2011 | RECEIPT SIGNED BY DISTRICT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE | |
| 110 | 06/16/2021 | EXPUNGED - Nonpermanent record items destroyed |