CLYDE SMOTHERS, an individual; Plaintiff,
v.
3M COMPANY a/k/a MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING COMPANY; ASBESTOS CORPORATION LIMITED; AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATION, a subsidiary of AMPCO-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION, individually and as successor by merger to BUFFALO PUMPS, INC., individually and as successor in interest to BUFFALO FORGE COMPANY; ALFA LAVAL, INC., individually and as successor in interest to THE DELAVAL SEPARATOR COMPANY and SHARPLES CORPORATION; AMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, f/k/a BONDSTRAND individually and as successor in interest to AMERON MERGER COMPANY and AMERON INC., AMERCOAT, INC., and AMERICAN PIPE AND CONSTRUCTION; AMETEK, INC., individually and as successor in interest to HAVEG INDUSTRIES, INC. and HERCULES, INC.; ANCHOR DARLING VALVE COMPANY; AURORA PUMP COMPANY; BECHTEL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY; BECHTEL CORPORATION; BLACKMER PUMP COMPANY; BW/IP INC., individually and as successor in interest to BYRON JACKSON PUMP CO.; CARRIER CORPORATION, individually and as successor in interest to BRYANT HEATING & COOLING SYSTEMS; CBS CORPORATION f/k/a VIACOM, INC., successor by merger to CBS CORPORATION f/k/a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION as successor in interest to BF STURTEVANT; CHAMPLAIN CABLE CORPORATION, individually and as successor in interest to HERCULES INC.; CHEVRON USA, INC., individually and as successor in interest to TEXACO, INC.; CLEAVER-BROOKS, INC., individually and f/k/a AQUA-CHEM, INC.; FOSTER WHEELER, LLC; DANA COMPANIES LLC, f/k/a and individually and as successor in interest to VICTOR CORPORATION, VICTOR GASKETS and VICTOR MANUFACTURING AND GASKET COMPANY; ELEMENTIS CHEMICALS, INC. f/k/a HARCROS CHEMICALS, INC. individually and as successor in interest to HARRISONS & CROSFIELD (PACIFIC) INC.; ELLIOTT COMPANY, individually and as successor in interest to ELLIOTT TURBO MacHINERY COMPANY, INC.; FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL, LLC, individually and as successor in interest to FISHER GOVERNOR COMPANY, FISHER CONTROLS COMPANY, and FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL, INC.; FLOWSERVE US INC., individually and as successor in interest to EDWARD VALVES, INC.; FLUOR CORPORATION; FLUOR DANIEL ENGINEERING, INC.; FLUOR ENTERPRISES, INC., individually and as successor in interest to FLUOR ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS, INC. and FLUOR DANIELS, INC.; FMC CORPORATION, f/k/a CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT GROUP a/k/a and individually and as successor in interest to LINK-BELT CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LTD, and also individually and as successor in interest to NORTHERN PUMP COMPANY f/k/a NORTHERN FIRE APPARATUS COMPANY, CHICAGO PUMP COMPANY, PEERLESS PUMP COMPANY and CROSBY VALVE, INC.; FOSTER WHEELER, LLC, a/k/a and individually and as successor in interest to FOSTER WHEELER CORPORATION and FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY CORPORATION; GARDNER DENVER, INC., f/k/a GARDNER DENVER MacHINERY, INC.; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC, f/k/a GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION; GOODRICH CORPORATION, f/k/a THE B.F. GOODRICH COMPANY; GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY; GOULDS PUMPS, INC.; GRINNELL LLC, d/b/a GRINNELL CORPORATION; HILL BROTHERS CHEMICAL COMPANY; HOLLINGSWORTH & VOSE, CO.; HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., f/k/a and individually and as successor in interest to ALLIED SIGNAL, INC., individually and as successor in interest to BENDIX CORPORATION; IMO INDUSTRIES, INC., individually and as successor in interest to DELAVAL TURBINE, INC. and C.H. WHEELER MANUFACTURING COMPANY; INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, individually and as successor in interest to TERRY STEAM TURBINE COMPANY; INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, individually and as successor to STRATHMORE PAPER CO.; ITT CORPORATION, f/k/a ITT INDUSTRIES, INC., individually and as successor-in-interest to BELL & GOSSETT, KENNENDY VALVE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, KENNEDY VALVE, INC. and KENNEDY VALVE COMPANY; J.T. THORPE & SON, INC.; JOHN CRANE, INC.; KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY, INC.; MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION METALCLAD INSULATION CORPORATION; OAKFABCO, INC., f/k/a KEWANEE BOILER CORPORATION; PARSONS CORPORATION, individually and as successor in interest to THE RALPH M. PARSONS COMPANY; PEERLESS INDUSTRIES, INC.; PLANT PRODUCTS & SUPPLY CO.; SB DECKING, INC., f/k/a SELBY, BATTERSBY & CO.; SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY; SPECIAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., individually and as alter-ego and successor-in-interest to SPECIAL MATERIALS, INC.-DELAWARE, SPECIAL MATERIALS, INC.-OHIO, SPECIAL MATERIALS, INC.-ILLINOIS and SPECIAL MATERIALS, INC.-WISCONSIN f/k/a SPECIAL MATERIALS, INC. f/k/a SPECIAL ASBESTOS COMPANY, INC.; SYD CARPENTER, MARINE CONTRACTOR, INC.; TEXACO INC.; THE NASH ENGINEERING COMPANY; THE WILLIAM POWELL COMPANY; THOMAS DEE ENGINEERING CO., INC.; TRANE U.S. INCORPORATED, f/k/a AMERICAN STANDARD INCORPORATED, individually and as successor to KEWANEE BOILER CORP. and AMERICAN BLOWER COMPANY; TRIPLE A MacHINE SHOP, INC.; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION; VELAN VALVE CORPORATION, individually and as successor in interest to VELAN STEAM TRAP CORPORATION; VIKING PUMP, INC.; WARREN PUMPS, LLC, f/k/a WARREN PUMPS, INC., individually and as successor in interest to QUIMBY PUMP COMPANY; WEIR VALVES & CONTROLS USA, INC., f/k/a and individually and as successor in interest to ATWOOD & MORRILL; and DOES 1 through 400, inclusive, Defendants.