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DeHOYOS v. JOHN MOHR & SONS

Nos. H 81-669, H 81-672, H 81-684 and H 81-689.

629 F.Supp. 69 (1984)

Adelaide DeHOYOS, Individually and as Administratrix for the Estate of Frederick DeHoyos; Janet Hoffman, Individually and as Administratrix for the Estate of Gary Lee Hoffman; Rosemary Harris, as Administratrix for the Estate of Ben Harris, Plaintiffs, v. JOHN MOHR & SONS; Henry Pratt Company; Amsted Industries; American Chain Company, Inc.; Acco Industries, Inc., f/k/a American Chain and Cable Company, Inc.; Westinghouse Electric Corp., Defendants. Shirley BLACK, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Allen Black; Almeda Fields, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Donald Fields, Plaintiffs, v. JOHN MOHR & SONS; Henry Pratt Company; Amsted Industries, Inc.; American Chain Company, Inc.; Acco Industries, Inc., f/k/a American Chain and Cable Company, Inc.; Westinghouse Electric Corp., Defendants. Joyce Ann COLLINS, as Special Administratrix of the Estate of Ezell Goins, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. JOHN MOHR & SONS; Henry Pratt Company; American Chain Company, Inc.; Acco Industries, Inc., f/k/a American Chain and Cable Company, Inc.; Westinghouse Electric Corp.; Amsted Industries, Inc.; John Doe Companies, Defendants. Evelyn L. GOINS, as Administratrix for the Estate of Ezell Goins, Plaintiff, v. JOHN MOHR & SONS; Henry Pratt Company; American Chain Company, Inc.; Acco Industries, Inc., f/k/a American Chain and Cable Company, Inc.; Westinghouse Electric Corp.; and Amsted Industries, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Indiana, Hammond Division.

November 2, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence M. Rubino, Hammond, Ind., for plaintiffs Adelaide DeHoyos, Janet Hoffman, Rosemary Harris and Evelyn L. Goins.

Stephen Cohen, Cecil B. Cohen, Thomas R. Bullard, Cohen, Cohen & Bullard, East Chicago, Ind., William Stevens, George C. Pontikes, Foss, Schuman & Drake, Ralph M. Goren, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs Shirley Black and Almeda Fields.

Rhett L. Tauber, Theodoros, Anderson & Tauber, P.C., Merrillville, Ind., for plaintiff Joyce Ann Collins.

Frederick H. Link, David C. Jensen, Eichhorn, Eichhorn & Link, Hammond, Ind., for defendant John Mohr and Sons.

Jon Schmoll, Spangler, Jennings, Spangler & Dougherty, P.C., Merrillville, Ind., for defendants Henry Pratt Co., and Amsted Industries.

Leon R. Kaminski, Martin W. Kus, Newby, Lewis, Kaminski & Jones, LaPorte, Ind., for defendants American Chain Co., Inc., and Acco Industries, Inc., f/k/a American Chain and Cable Co.

Eric L. Kirschner, James W. Roehrdanz, Frank J. Galvin, Jr., Galvin & Galvin, P.C., Hammond, Ind., for defendant Westinghouse Elec. Corp.

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND OPINION

KANNE, District Judge.

In these four diversity cases, plaintiffs have brought suit against a general contractor and manufacturers alleging that defective equipment malfunctioned and caused the death by asphyxiation of the six plaintiffs' decedents at an Indiana steel mill. The cases have been consolidated for purposes of discovery and pretrial motions.

Presently before the court are: (1) defendants' motions for partial...

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