Palmer v. 999 Quebec, Inc., et al.
Docket No. 20150031
Oral Argument:
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 1:30pm
Docket Info
- Title
- Deborah J. Palmer, surviving spouse of
Gary J. Palmer, deceased, Plaintiff and Appellant
v.
999 Quebec, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation;
Calaveras Asbestos Mines, individually and as
a successor-in-interest to California Asbestos
Company, a California corporation; California
Asbestos Company, a California corporation;
Carborundum Abrasives, Inc., a Delaware
corporation; Carlisle Corporation, a Delaware
corporation; Carol Cable Corporation, a division
of AVNET, Inc., a foreign corporation; CertainTeed
Corporation, a Maryland corporation; Chevron
U.S.A., Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation;
Chicago Wilcox Manufacturing Company, an
Illinois corporation; Chromalox , a Missouri corporation;
Cleaver Brooks, Division of Aqua-Chem, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation; Columbia Bailer
Company, a Pennsylvania corporation; Crane Company,
a Delaware corporation; Crane Johnson Company,
a North Dakota corporation; Crane Packing
Company, a foreign corporation; Crown Cork &
Seal Company, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation
to Mundet Cork Corporation; CSR, Ltd. , an
Australian corporation, individually and as an
alter-ego of Australian Blue Asbestos, Pty.;
Dakota Welding Supply, a North Dakota
corporation; Dana Corporation, a Virginia
corporation; Deltak, L.L.C., a Unit of Jason,
Inc., a Minnesota corporation; Detroit Stoker,
a Michigan corporation; Domco Products Texas,
L.P., f/k/a Azrock Industries, Inc., a Delaware
corporation; Dossert Corp., a New York
corporation; Draxton Sales, a Minnesota
corporation; Durabla Manufacturing Company,
a Pennsylvania corporation; E.J. Lavino and
Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Eaton
Corporation a Delaware corporation
; Excelsior, Inc., an Illinois
corporation; Essex Group, Inc., Michigan
corporation ; Foster Wheeler
Corporation, a New York corporation; Frommelt
Safety Products, a Wisconsin corporation; Fuel
Economy Engineering Co., a Minnesota corporation;
Gardner Denver Machinery, Inc., a Delaware
corporation; General Electric Company, a foreign
business corporation organized under the laws of
New York; General Engineering Development
Corporation, f/k/a Fuel Economy Engineering
Company, a South Dakota corporation; General
Refractories Company; George T. Walker & Co.,
Inc., a foreign corporation; Georgia-Pacific Corp.,
a Georgia corporation; Goodrich Corporation, f/k/a
B.F. Goodrich Company, a New York corporation;
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation;
Goulds Pumps; Graybar Electric, a New York
corporation; Greene, Tweed & Co., a Pennsylvania
corporation; Grinnell Corporation, a Minnesota
corporation; H.B. Fuller, Co., a Minnesota
corporation; H.E. Everson Company, a North Dakota
corporation; H.H. Robertson Company, a Pennsylvania
corporation; Hedman Mines, Ltd., a Canadian
corporation; Hennig Packing & Gasket Corporation,
an Illinois 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; Houston Specialty Wire & Cable Co., a
Delaware corporation; IMO Industries, Inc.;
Industrial Contractors, Inc., a North Dakota
corporation; Industrial Holdings Corporation, f/k/a
The Carborundum Company, a Delaware corporation;
Ingersoll-Rand Company, a New Jersey corporation;
Illinois Insulation Contracting Company, Inc.,
, an
Illinois corporation; Inductotherm Industries, Inc.,
a New Jersey corporation; Insulation Services, Inc.,
a Louisiana corporation; International Vermiculite
Co., an Illinois corporation; ITT Corporation; J.H.
France Refractories Company, a Pennsylvania
corporation; The Jamar Company, a Minnesota
corporation and as successor-in-
interest and liability to the Walker-Jamar
Company, a former Minnesota corporation); Jaquays
Mining Company, an Arizona corporation; Jerguson
Gage & Valve, a foreign corporation; John Crane,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (successor-in-interest
to John Crane-Houdaille, Inc. and Crane Packing
Company); Johnston Boiler Co., a Michigan
corporation; J.M. Asbestos Sales, Inc.;
J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc.; Kaiser
Gypsum Company, a Washington corporation;
Kelly-Moore Paint Company, a California
corporation; Kelsey-Hayes Group (a division of
Varity Corporation), a Delaware corporation;
Kewanee Boiler Corporation (n/k/a OakFabCo, Inc.),
an Illinois corporation; Lac d' Amiante du Quebec,
Ltee. (f/k/a/Lake Asbestos of Quebec), a Canadian
corporation; Lamons Metal Gasket Company, a
Delaware corp.; Lincoln Electric Co., an Ohio
corporation; Lipe-Rollway Corporation, a New York
corporation; Lochinvar, a Tennessee corporation;
Mandan Electric Supply, a foreign corporation;
Marmon Corporation, a Delaware corporation;
McMaster Carr Supply Company, an Illinois
corporation; McNeil Refractories, Inc., a
Pennsylvania corporation; Mellema Company, a
Minnesota corporation; Metate Asbetos Mines, an
Arizona corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, a foreign corporation; Mine Safety
Appliance Company, a Pennsylvania corporation;
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing, a Delaware
corporation; Natkin Group, Inc., as successor to
Fuel Economy Engineering Company, a Delaware
corporation; Northern Plumbing & Heating, Inc.,
a North Dakota corporation; Northern Plumbing
Supply, Inc., a North Dakota corporation; OakFabCo,
Inc. f/k/a Kewanee Boiler Corporation an Illinois
corporation; The Okonite Company, Inc., a New
Jersey corporation; Owens-Illinois, Inc., an Ohio
corporation; Parker Boiler Co, a California
corporation; Paul A. Douden, a Colorado
corporation; Paul W. Abbott Company, Inc., a
foreign corporation; Pfizer, Inc., a Delaware
corporation; Phelps Dodge Industries, a New York
corporation; Pipe, Valve & Fittings, Co., a
Colorado corporation; Power Process Equipment, Inc.,
a Minnesota corporation; Praxair Distribution, Inc.,
a foreign corporation; Quin-T Corporation, a
Delaware corporation; Rapid-American Corporation, a
Delaware corporation; Research Cottrell, Inc., a
New Jersey corporation; Rhone-Poulenc, Inc., a New
York corporation (as successor-in-interest to
Benjamin Foster, a division of AmChem Products
Company); Riley Power, Inc., f/k/a Riley Stoker
Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation; Robinson
Insulation, a Montana corporation; Rockbestos-
Surprenant Cable Corp. (f/k/a The Rockbestos
Company) a Delaware corporation (a wholly owned
subsidiary Marmon Corporation); Rockwell
International Corporation, a Nevada corporation;
Rome Cable Corp., a Delaware corporation, (a
subsidiary of Rome Group, Inc.); Roughrider
Supply, a foreign corporation; RPM, Inc., an Ohio
corporation; Ryall Electric Supply, Inc., a
Colorado corporation; S.O.S. Products Company, Inc.,
a New York corporation; Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc.
f/k/a Norton Company individually and as successor
by merger with Carborundum Abrasives Company, a
Massachusetts corporation; SEPCO Corporation, an
Alabama corporation; Singer Safety Company, an
Illinois corporation; Smith-Sharpe Company, a
Minnesota corporation; Sprinkman Sons Corporation,
an Illinois corporation; Sternmerich Supply Co., a
Missouri corporation; Superior Boiler Works, Inc.,
a Kansas corporation; Sussman Electric Boilers, a
New York corporation; Square D, a brand of Schneider
Electric; 3M; Thermo Electric Co., a New Jersey
corporation; The Trane Co., a New York corporation,
(a division of American Standard, Inc.); U.S. Filter
Co., a foreign 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; Warren Pumps, LLC f/k/a Warren Pumps,
Inc.; Weil McLain Company, a Delaware corporation;
Western Steel & Plumbing, Inc., a North Dakota
corporation; Whittier Filtration, Inc. f/k/a U.S.
Filter/Whitter, Inc., a subsidiary of Water
Applications & Systems Corporation, a Delaware
corporation; Yarway Corporation; Zurn Industries,
Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation. Defendants
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A.W. Kuettel & Sons, Inc.,
a Minnesota corporation; Appellee - Case Type
- CIVIL APPEAL : PERSONAL INJURY
- Appeal From
-
Case No. 2013-CV-00113
Northeast Central Judicial District, Grand Forks County
Debbie Gordon Kleven
2016 ND 17874 N.W.2d 303
Oral Argument
10/6/2015
Highlight
Generally, the existence of a duty is a preliminary question of law for the court. When a duty does not exist, there is no negligence.
In opposing a motion for summary judgment, the resisting party must present competent admissible evidence by affidavit or other means that raises an issue of material fact and must, if appropriate, draw the court's attention to relevant evidence in the record.
(Note: Attachments may not be available for recently filed cases and/or confidential documents.)
| Seq. # | Filing Date | Description | Attachment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 02/06/2015 | NOTICE OF APPEAL : 02/06/2015 | |
| 2 | 02/11/2015 | ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION : Kapsner, Carol Ronning | |
| 3 | 02/13/2015 | Supplement by Appellant to Notice of Appeal (preliminary issues) | |
| 4 | 02/13/2015 | Rec'd $125 filing fee (receipt #23441) | |
| 5 | 02/17/2015 | NOT. OF FILING SUPPLEMENT BY APPELLANT TO NOTICE OF APPEAL | |
| 6 | 02/17/2015 | Notice served on David C. Thompson, Cynthia Bartell & Thomas Stieber (see attachment for all other) | |
| 7 | 02/17/2015 | Susan Hanson no longer parties to this action and will not be participating in this appeal. | |
| 8 | 02/17/2015 | Todd Haggart no longer parties to this action and will not be participating in this appeal | |
| 9 | 02/18/2015 | Letter sent to Daniel Hull no longer parties to this action and will not be participating in appeal | |
| 10 | 02/19/2015 | Collin Dobrovolny and Jason Vendsel requested to be removed and not copied. | |
| 11 | 02/25/2015 | Rec'd letter from Oppegard to confirm does not wish to be involved in this appeal. | |
| 12 | 03/04/2015 | ELEC. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED MARCH 3, 2015 (ENTRY NOS.1-353 to 355-2443) item deleted #354 | |
| 13 | 03/12/2015 | Letter sent to A.H. Bennett Co was returned to sender | |
| 14 | 03/13/2015 | Retn. to Sender (Undelivered)Marmon Corp., Quinn T-Corp., Lipe Automation Corp. (cont.) | |
| 15 | 03/13/2015 | Union Boiler Co., Lamons Metal Gasket Co., U.S. Filter, Co.,IMO Industries, Inc.Warren Pumps, | |
| 16 | 03/13/2015 | J.M. Asbestos Sales, Inc., Bondex International, Inc.General Refractories, Co., (cont) | |
| 17 | 03/13/2015 | Letter sent to Goodrich Corp. retn to sender (undelivered) | |
| 18 | 03/17/2015 | MOTION to extend time to for appealability response | |
| 19 | 03/18/2015 | ACTION BY CLERK - Granted : 03/30/2015 | |
| 20 | 03/17/2015 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF | |
| 21 | 03/18/2015 | ACTION BY CLERK (briefing stayed pending appealability consideration) : 04/01/2015 | |
| 22 | 03/23/2015 | ELEC. 1ST SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED MARCH 23, 2015 (ENTRY NOS.2444-2555) | |
| 23 | 03/31/2015 | ELEC. 2ND SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED MARCH 31, 2015 (ENTRY NOS.2556-2657) | |
| 24 | 04/01/2015 | ELEC. 3RD SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED APRIL 1, 2015 (ENTRY NOS. 2658-2662) | |
| 25 | 04/07/2015 | ELEC. 4TH SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED (ENTRY NOS.2663-2683) | |
| 26 | 04/08/2015 | Rec'd e-mail from Meagher & Geer, informing our office Hobart Brothers has been dismissed from cont | |
| 27 | 04/08/2015 | case and to remove Hobart Brothers from service list. | |
| 28 | 04/15/2015 | ELEC. 5TH SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED APRIL 14, 2015 (ENTRY NOS. 2684-2699) | |
| 29 | 04/16/2015 | ELEC. 6TH SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED APRIL 15, 2015 (ENTRY NOS. 2700-2702) | |
| 30 | 04/29/2015 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF (Sua Sponte) | |
| 31 | 04/29/2015 | ACTION BY CLERK (Sua Sponte) - Granted : 05/29/2015 | |
| 32 | 04/30/2015 | 7TH ELEC. SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED APRIL 29, 2015 (ENTRY NOS.2703-2705) | |
| 33 | 05/29/2015 | Rec'd e-mail from Constance Hofland, informing our office ITT Corp-named as Bell & Gosset & (cont) | |
| 34 | 05/29/2015 | Goulds Pumps, are no longer parties to this action and not participating in this appeal | |
| 35 | 05/29/2015 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF | |
| 36 | 05/29/2015 | E-FILED MOTION | |
| 37 | 06/01/2015 | ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE - Granted : 06/29/2015 | |
| 38 | 06/26/2015 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF | |
| 39 | 06/26/2015 | E-FILED MOTION | |
| 40 | 06/26/2015 | ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE - Granted : 07/13/2015 | |
| 41 | 07/13/2015 | APPELLANT BRIEF (PDF) | View |
| 42 | 07/13/2015 | E-FILED BRIEF (PDF) | |
| 43 | 07/13/2015 | APPELLANT APPENDIX | |
| 44 | 07/13/2015 | E-FILED APPENDIX | |
| 45 | 07/15/2015 | Rec'd nonsubstantive corrections to ATB | |
| 46 | 07/17/2015 | Rec'd $25 e-filing surcharge and $352 (over page limit) (receipt #23737) | |
| 47 | 07/17/2015 | Rec'd 7 copies of ATB & 6 copies of ATA from Central Duplicating | |
| 48 | 08/12/2015 | APPELLEE BRIEF (PDF) | View |
| 49 | 08/12/2015 | E-FILED BRIEF (PDF) | |
| 50 | 08/12/2015 | APPELLEE APPENDIX | |
| 51 | 08/12/2015 | E-FILED APPENDIX | |
| 52 | 08/13/2015 | Affidavits of Thomas Stieber and Joanna Salmen in Support of Admission to Practice Pro Hac Vice | |
| 53 | 08/17/2015 | Rcv'd $25 e-filing surcharge for AEB (receipt #23782) | |
| 54 | 08/17/2015 | Rcv'd 7 copies of AEB & 6 copies of AEA from CSD | |
| 55 | 08/18/2015 | Rcv'd non-substantive correction to AEA (updated toc to reflect removal of non-record item) | |
| 56 | 08/19/2015 | Rcv'd c.o.s. of non-substantive correction to AEA | |
| 57 | 09/03/2015 | NOTICE OF ORAL ARGUMENT SENT | |
| 58 | 09/04/2015 | MOT. EXT/TIME REPLY BRIEF | |
| 59 | 09/04/2015 | E-FILED MOTION | |
| 60 | 09/08/2015 | ACTION BY CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK - Granted : 09/18/2015 | |
| 61 | 09/08/2015 | MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE APPELLANT UNDER N.D.R.APP.P. 43(A)(1) | |
| 62 | 09/08/2015 | E-FILED MOTION | |
| 63 | 09/08/2015 | ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE - Granted | |
| 64 | 09/10/2015 | SITTING WITH THE COURT | |
| 65 | 09/17/2015 | REPLY BRIEF | View |
| 66 | 09/17/2015 | E-FILED BRIEF | |
| 67 | 09/21/2015 | Received the non-substantive corrections to the RYB (signature) | |
| 68 | 09/21/2015 | Received 7 copies of RYB from Central Duplicating | |
| 69 | 09/29/2015 | Supplemental citation under N.D.R.App.P. 28(k) (Appellant) | |
| 70 | 10/06/2015 | APPEARANCES: David C. Thompson; Thomas Stieber; Jason T. Mohr | |
| 71 | 10/06/2015 | ARGUED: David C. Thompson; Thomas Stieber | |
| 72 | 10/06/2015 | ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST | |
| 73 | 01/14/2016 | DISPOSITION | |
| 74 | 01/14/2016 | UNANIMOUS OPINION : Crothers, Daniel John | View |
| 75 | 01/14/2016 | Costs taxed in favor of Appellees | |
| 76 | 01/15/2016 | Judgment Sent to Parties | |
| 77 | 02/08/2016 | MANDATE | |
| 78 | 07/11/2022 | EXPUNGED - Nonpermanent record items destroyed |