LINEBERGER v. CBS CORPORATION

No. 1:16 cv 390.

TOMMY WILLIAM LINEBERGER, and MARCELLA WILSON LINEBERGER, Plaintiffs, v. CBS CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

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

January 3, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1332
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity - Personal Injury
Nature of Suit: 368 P.I. : Asbestos
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tommy William Lineberger, and spouse & Marcella Wilson Lineberger, Plaintiffs, represented by Sabrina G. Stone , Dean Omar Branham, LLP, pro hac vice & William M. Graham , Wallace & Graham.

CBS Corporation, f/k/a Viacom, Inc. (sued as successor-by-merger to CBS Corporation f/k/a Westinghouse Electric Corporation) and also as successor-in-interest to BF Sturtevant & Gould Electronics, Inc., successor-in-interest to other ITE Circuit Breaker Co., Defendants, represented by Jennifer M. Techman , Evert Weathersby Houff.

CNA Holdings, Inc., formerly known as Celanese Corporation formerly known as Hoechst Celanese Corporation & Graybar Electric Co, Defendants, represented by Stephen B. Williamson , Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes & Davis, P.A.

Cooper Industries, LLC, successor-in-interest to Cooper Industries, Inc. (successor-in-interest to Crouse-Hinds Company), Defendant, represented by William P. Early , Pierce Herns Sloan & Wilson, LLC.

Durez Corporation & Occidental Chemical Corporation, formerly known as Hookers Chemical Co. as successor to Durez Corporation, Defendants, represented by John S. Slosson , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Tracy Edward Tomlin , Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough LLP & William M. Starr , Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP.

Eaton Corporation, Defendant, represented by Laura Erb Dean , Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog, LLP & Richard T. Boyette , Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog, L.L.P.

General Cable Industries, Inc., successor-in-interest to other Carol Cable Co., Defendant, represented by Stephanie G. Flynn , Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, pro hac vice & Timothy Peck , Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP.

Georgia Pacific LLC, formerly known as Georgia Pacific Corporation, Defendant, represented by Kenneth Kyre, Jr. , Pinto Coates Kyre & Bowers, PLLC.

International Paper Company, Defendant, represented by Mark Andrew Leach , Orbock Ruark & Dillard & Mary Clift Abdalla , Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP, pro hac vice.

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

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

Plastics Engineering Company, doing business as PLENCO, Defendant, represented by Amy C. Drayton , Dean and Gibson.

Rockwell Automation, Inc., successor-in-interest to other Allen-Bradley formerly known as Rockwell International Corp., Defendant, represented by Sarena Monique Holder , Tucker Ellis LLP, pro hac vice & Timothy Peck , Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP.

RSCC Wire & Cable, LLC, Defendant, represented by Elizabeth D. Scott , Williams Mullen, Elizabeth C. Stone , Williams Mullen, Lynn Kanaga Brugh, IV , Williams Mullen, pro hac vice & Sarena Monique Holder , Tucker Ellis LLP, pro hac vice.

Schnieder Electric USA, Inc., formerly known as Square D Company, Defendant, represented by Janice Holmes , Gallivan White & Boyd, P.A.

Sears, Roebuck and Co., Defendant, represented by Kelly B. Jones , Womble Bond Dickinson.

Tarkett, Inc., Defendant, represented by John T. Holden , Dickie, McCamey & Chilcoat P.C.

Union Carbide Corporation, Defendant, represented by Moffatt G. McDonald , Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd P.A., pro hac vice, Scott E. Frick , Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd P.A., pro hac vice, W. David Conner , Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd P.A., pro hac vice & Christopher Barton Major , Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

Vanderbilt Minerals, LLC, Individual & successor-in-interest to other International Talc Co. formerly known as RT Vanderbilt Company, Inc., Defendant, represented by David L. Levy , Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP & Gerald Anderson Stein, II , Hedrick, Gardner, Kincheloe & Garofalo.


ORDER

Pending before the Court is the Motion to Stay [# 149]. While labeled a "Consent Motion to Stay Proceedings," Plaintiffs' counsel has not shown that consultation with defendants has occurred. See LCvR 7.1(b). Further, Plaintiffs' counsel has not filed a brief as required...

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