STARNES v. A.O. SMITH CORPORATION

Civil Case No. 1:12-cv-00360-MR-DLH.

RALPH O'NEIL STARNES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. A.O. SMITH CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. North Carolina, Asheville Division.

June 6, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Oneil Starnes, Plaintiff, represented by Kevin W. Paul , Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, PC, Janet Ward Black , Ward Black, P.A. & Tiffany Newlin Dickenson , Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, PC.

Betty Starnes, spouse, Plaintiff, represented by Kevin W. Paul , Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, PC, Janet Ward Black , Ward Black, P.A. & Tiffany Newlin Dickenson , Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, PC.

Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, successor-by-merge to Buffalo Pumps, Inc., Defendant, represented by Tracy Edward Tomlin , Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP.

Carrier Corporation, Defendant, represented by Tracy Edward Tomlin , Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP.

CBS Corporation, Defendant, represented by Jennifer M. Techman , Evert Weathersby Houff.

Crane Co., Defendant, represented by Tracy Edward Tomlin , Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP.

Crane Environmental, Inc., Defendant, represented by Tracy Edward Tomlin , Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP.

Crosby Valve, Inc., Defendant, represented by Peter A. Santos , Nexsen Pruet, PLLC.

Fisher Controls International, LLC, Defendant, represented by Charles Monroe Sprinkle, III , Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A..

FMC Corporation, Defendant, represented by Peter A. Santos , Nexsen Pruet, PLLC.

Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Defendant, represented by Jennifer M. Techman , Evert Weathersby Houff.

Gardner Denver, Inc., Defendant, represented by Amy Church Drayton , Dean and Gibson.

General Electric Company, Defendant, represented by Jennifer M. Techman , Evert Weathersby Houff.

Goulds Pumps, Inc., Defendant, represented by Moffatt G. McDonald , Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd, P.A., Scott E. Frick , Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd, P.A., W. David Conner , Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd, P.A. & Charles Monroe Sprinkle, III , Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A..

Grinnell LLC, doing business as Grinnell Corporation, Defendant, represented by Tracy Edward Tomlin , Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP.

Ingersoll Rand Company, Defendant, represented by Timothy Peck , Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP.

John Crane, Inc., Defendant, represented by Stephen B. Williamson , Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes & Davis, P.A..

Kohler Co., Defendant, represented by Tracy Edward Tomlin , Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Defendant, represented by Keith E. Coltrain , Wall, Templeton & Haldrup, PA.

Peerless Industries, Inc., Defendant, represented by Tracy Edward Tomlin , Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP.

Sterling Fluid Systems (USA), LLC, Defendant, represented by Peter A. Santos , Nexsen Pruet, PLLC.

Trane US, Inc., Defendant, represented by Timothy Peck , Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP.

Viad Corporation, Defendant, represented by Tracy Edward Tomlin , Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP.

Viking Pump, Inc., Defendant, represented by Amy Church Drayton , Dean and Gibson.

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Defendant, represented by Tracy Edward Tomlin , Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP.

Weir Valves & Controls USA, Inc., Defendant, represented by Tracy Edward Tomlin , Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP.

Xylem, Inc., Defendant, represented by Charles Monroe Sprinkle, III , Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., Moffatt G. McDonald , Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd, P.A., Scott E. Frick , Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd, P.A. & W. David Conner , Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd, P.A..

Zurn Industries, LLC, Defendant, represented by Tracy Edward Tomlin , Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP.

ITT Corporation, Defendant, represented by Moffatt G. McDonald , Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd, P.A., Scott E. Frick , Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd, P.A., W. David Conner , Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd, P.A. & Charles Monroe Sprinkle, III , Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A..

Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., Defendant, represented by Moffatt G. McDonald , Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd, P.A., Scott E. Frick , Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd, P.A., W. David Conner , Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd, P.A. & Charles Monroe Sprinkle, III , Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A..

Pfizer, Inc., Defendant, represented by Tracy Edward Tomlin , Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP.


ORDER

MARTIN REIDINGER, District Judge.

THIS MATTER is before the Court on the parties' Joint Motion to Dismiss [Doc. 385].

For the reasons stated in the motion, and for cause shown,

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the Joint Motion [Doc. 385] is GRANTED, and all of the Plaintiffs' claims against Defendant IMO Industries, Inc. are hereby DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE....

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