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GRIFFIN v. ALLIS-CHALMERS CORP. TRUST

070506242; A138278.

246 P.3d 483 (2010)

240 Or. App. 137

Linda GRIFFIN, Personal Representative of the Estate of Craig Steadman; and Cindy Steadman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION PRODUCT LIABILITY TRUST, et al., and Allis-Chalmers Corporation Product Liability Trust, a Delaware corporation, individually and as successor-in-interest to A-C Pump, Defendants, and Union Carbide Corporation, a New York corporation, fka Union Carbide and Carbon Products, fka Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company, Inc., individually and as successor-in-interest to Linde Air Products Company, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided December 29, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Grant argued the cause for appellants. On the briefs were Patrick Angel and Brayton Purcell, LLP.

Julia E. Markley, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were James H. Gidley and Perkins Coie LLP; and Elizabeth P. Martin and Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, LLP.

Before SCHUMAN, Presiding Judge, and ARMSTRONG, Judge, and ROSENBLUM, Judge.

SCHUMAN, P.J.

Plaintiff brought a products liability and negligence action against 52 defendants, claiming that, as suppliers or producers of raw asbestos or asbestos-containing products to which he was exposed, defendants were responsible for his development of mesothelioma.1 This appeal involves one of those defendants, Union Carbide Corporation (Union Carbide). Plaintiff alleged that Union...

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