LEITE v. CRANE COMPANY

Civil No. 11-00636 JMS/RLP.

DOUGLAS P. LEITE and MARY ANN K. LEITE, Plaintiffs, v. CRANE COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Hawaii.

May 31, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas P. Leite, Plaintiff, represented by Diane T. Ono , Galiher DeRobertis Ono, Gary O. Galiher , Galiher DeRobertis Ono, Ilana Kananipiliokala Waxman , Galiher DeRobertis Ono, L. Richard DeRobertis , Galiher DeRobertis Ono, Michael A. Ragsdale , Galiher DeRobertis Ono, Scott K. Saiki , Galiher DeRobertis Ono & Todd W. Eddins , Galiher DeRobertis Ono.

Mary Ann K. Leite, Plaintiff, represented by Diane T. Ono , Galiher DeRobertis Ono, Gary O. Galiher , Galiher DeRobertis Ono, Ilana Kananipiliokala Waxman , Galiher DeRobertis Ono, L. Richard DeRobertis , Galiher DeRobertis Ono, Michael A. Ragsdale , Galiher DeRobertis Ono, Scott K. Saiki , Galiher DeRobertis Ono & Todd W. Eddins , Galiher DeRobertis Ono.

Crane Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Joseph F. Kotowski, III , Tom Petrus & Miller LLLC & Lee T. Nakamura , Tom Petrus & Miller LLLC.

Aurora Pump Company, a foreign corporation, Defendant, represented by Ewing M. Martin, III , Mason Martin LLLC.

Bayer Cropscience, Inc., successor-in-interest to Rhone-Poulenc AG Company, a foreign company formerly known as Amchem Products, Inc. formerly known as Benjamin Foster Products Company, Defendant, represented by Gail M. Kang , Ayabe Chong Nishimoto Sia & Nakamura LLLP.

Union Carbide Corporation, a New York corporation, Defendant, represented by Gail M. Kang , Ayabe Chong Nishimoto Sia & Nakamura LLLP.

Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, Successor-by-merger to Buffal Pumps, Inc., a New York corporation, Defendant, represented by Steven K. Hisaka , Hisaka Stone Goto Yoshida Cosgrove & Ching.

Gould Pumps, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Christopher S. Goodwin , Pacific Guardian Center Mauka Tower.

IMO Industries, Inc., individually and as successor-in-interest to Delaval Turbine, Inc., a Delaware corporation formerly known as Imo Delaval, Inc. formerly known as Transamerica Delaval Inc. formerly known as Delaval Steam Turbine company, Defendant, represented by Bradford Chun , Kessner Umebayashi Bain & Matsunaga, Elton John Bain , Kessner Duca Umebayashi Bain & Matsunaga & Ewing M. Martin, III , Mason Martin LLLC.

Ingersoll Rand Co., a New Jersey corporation, Defendant, represented by Corlis J. Chang , Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel LLLP, John R. Lacy , Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel LLLP & Marissa Lei Lin Owens , Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel LLLP.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York corporation, Defendant, represented by Craig T. Kugisaki .

Warren Pumps, LLC, a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Ewing M. Martin, III , Mason Martin LLLC.

The William Powell Company, an Ohio corporation, Defendant, represented by Michael F. O'Connor , Ogawa, Lau, Nakamura & Jew.

Velan Valve Corp., a New York corporation, Defendant, represented by Ewing M. Martin, III , Mason Martin LLLC.

Copes-Vulcan, a subsidiary of SPX Corp., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant, represented by Elton John Bain , Kessner Duca Umebayashi Bain & Matsunaga.

Atwood & Morrill, a subsidiary of Weir Valves & Controls USA Inc., a Massachusetts Corporation, Defendant, represented by Nicolas P. Martin , Hake Law, A Professional Corp. & William Murray Hake , Hake Law.


ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO TAKE AN INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL FROM ORDER DATED 4/16/12

J. MICHAEL SEABRIGHT, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The court grants Plaintiffs Douglas and Mary Leite's ("Plaintiffs") Motion for Leave to Take an Interlocutory Appeal on a question that has sharply and consistently divided many courts throughout the country — whether a defendant...

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