TRIMM v. 3M COMPANY

No. 5:12-CV-1145 (FJS/ATB).

WILLIAM TRIMM, JR. and HELEN TRIMM, Plaintiffs, v. 3M COMPANY, formerly known as Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company; 84 LUMBER COMPANY; A.W. CHESTERTON CO., INC.; ABEX CORPORATION, formerly known as American Brake Shoe Company; AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATION, as successor by merger to Buffalo Pumps, Inc.; AMERICAN STANDARD, INC., individually and on behalf of its division The Trane Company; ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL, INC.; ARVINMERITOR, INC.; BORG WARNER CORPORATION; CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED; CBS CORPORATION, formerly known as Viacom, Inc., formerly known as Westinghouse Electric Corporation; CERTAINTEED CORPORATION; CLEAVER-BROOKS INC.; CRANE CO.; CRANE PUMPS & SYSTEMS, INC.; DANA CORPORATION; DAP PRODUCTS, INC.; EATON ELECTRICAL, INC., formerly known as Cutler Hammer; FEDERAL-MOGUL ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY TRUST, as successor to Felt Products Manufacturing Co.; FMC CORPORATION, individually and as Successor to Northern Pump Company and Coffin; FORD MOTOR COMPANY; FOSTER WHEELER, LLC; GARDNER DENVER, INC.; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; GENUINE PARTS COMPANY; GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC, formerly known as Georgia-Pacific Corporation; GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY; GOODRICH CORPORATION, formerly known as B.F. Goodrich Company; GOULDS PUMPS, INCORPORATED; HB SMITH COMPANY INCORPORATED; HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., as success-in-interest to The Bendix Corporation formerly known as Alliedsignal, Inc.; HOWDEN BUFFALO, INC.; IMO INDUSTRIES, INC; ITT INDUSTRIAL, INC., individually and as successor-in-interest to Foster Engineering, Inc.; INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY; J.H. FRANCE REFRACTORIES COMPANY; JOHN CRANE, INC.; KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY, INC.; KEELER/DORR-OLIVER BOILER COMPANY; KENTILE FLOORS, INC.; MACK TRUCKS, INC.; MAREMONT CORPORATION; NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE PARTS ASSOCIATION; NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION; PECORA CORP.; REXNORD INDUSTRIES, LLC, individually and as Successor in Interest to The Falk Corporation; ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC., formerly known as Rockwell International Corporation; SPIRAX SARCO, INC.; STANDARD AUTO PARTS; NASH ENGINEERING COMPANY (THE); UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION; VELAN VALVE CORP.; WARREN PUMPS, INC.; WEIL MCLAIN, a division of The Marley Company; WHITE'S LUMBER; YARWAY CORPORATION; CATERPILLAR, INC.; and ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION, as successor in interest to Bosch Braking Systems Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. New York.

January 23, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

AMBER R. LONG, ESQ. , LEVVY PHILLIPS & KONIGSBERG, LLP, New York, New York Attorneys for Plaintiffs.

BERNADETTE WEAVER-CATALANA, ESQ. , LAVIN, O'NEIL, RICCI, CEDRONE & DISIPIO, Rochester, New York, Attorneys for Defendant 3M Company

WILLIAM A. COONEY, ESQ. , BARRY MCTIERNAN & MOORE, New York, New York, Attorneys for Defendants 84 Lumber Company and John Crane, Inc.

KENNETH A. KRAJEWSKI, ESQ. , BROWN & KELLY, LLP, Buffalo, New York, Attorneys for Defendant Air & Liquid Systems Corporation

PEGGY L. PAN, ESQ. , KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP, New York, Attorneys for Defendants. Arvinmeritor, Inc. and Maremont Corporation

BRUCE S. HUTTNER, ESQ. , DONOHUE, SABO, VARLEY & HUTTNER, LLP, Albany, New York, Attorneys for Defendant Borg Warner Corporation

THOMAS E. REIDY, ESQ. , DANIEL P. PURCELL, ESQ. , WARD GREENBERG HELLER & REIDY LLP, Rochester, New York, Attorneys for Defendants Carlisle Companies Incorporated and Georgia-Pacific LLC

JUDITH A. YAVITZ, ESQ. , DARGER ERRANTE YAVITZ & BLAU LLP, New York, New York, Attorneys for Defendants Certainteed Corporation, Dana Corporation and Union Carbide Corporation

STEPHEN S. DAVIE, ESQ. , MACKENZIE HUGHES LLP, Syracuse, New York, Attorneys for Defendant Cleaver-Brooks Inc.

ANGELA DIGIGLIO, ESQ. , NICOLE M. KOZIN, ESQ. , K & L GATES LLP, New York, Attorneys for Defendants Crane Co. and Crane Pumps & Systems, Inc.

ERIC M. GERNANT, II, ESQ. , MCGIVNEY & KLUGER, P.C., Syracuse, New York, Attorneys for Defendants DAP Products, Inc., Pecora Corp., and Rexnord Industries, LLC

SUSAN E. VAN GELDER, ESQ. , GOLDBERG SEGALLA LLP, Buffalo, New York, Attorneys for Defendants Eaton Electrical, Inc., Gould Pumps, Inc. and Howden Buffalo, Inc.

JULIE R. EVANS, ESQ. , WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP, New York, Attorneys for Defendant Federal-Mogul Asbestos Personal Injury Trust

CHARLES C. BRIDGE, ESQ. , PAULETTE E. ROSS, ESQ. , GIBSON, MCASKILL & CROSBY, LLP, Buffalo, New York, Attorneys for Defendant Ford Motor Company

KATRINA H. MURPHY, ESQ. , SEGAL MCCAMBRIDGE SINGER & MAHONEY, LTD, New York, Attorneys for Defendant Gardner Denver, Inc.

CAROL G. SNIDER, ESQ. , DAMON MOREY LLP, Buffalo, New York, Attorneys for Defendants Genuine Parts Company and National Automotive Parts Association

MARY JO HERRSCHER, ESQ. , PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP, Buffalo, New York, Attorneys for Defendant Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

PATRICK J. DWYER, ESQ. , SMITH, STRATTON, WISE, HEHER & BRENNAN, LLP, New York, Attorneys for Defendant Goodrich Corporation

RICHARD P. MARIN, ESQ. , MARIN GOODMAN, LLP, Harrison, New York, Attorneys for Defendant Keeler/Door-Oliver Boiler Company

VALERIE L. BARBIC, ESQ. , TREVETT CRISTO SALZER & ANDOLINA P.C., Rochester, New York, Attorneys for Defendant Mack Trucks, Inc.

DONALD A. W. SMITH, ESQ. , OFFICE OF DONALD A. W. SMITH, PC, Pittsford, New York, Attorneys for Defendant Navistar International Corporation

JOSEPH P. LASALA, ESQ. , MCELROY, DEUTSCH MULVANEY & CARPENTER, LLP, Morristown, New Jersey, Attorneys for Defendant Rockwell Automation, Inc.

PAULA M. EADE-NEWCOMB, ESQ. , BOUVIER PARTNERSHIP, LLP, Buffalo, New York, Attorneys for Defendant Spirax Sarco, Inc.

RICHARD P. O'LEARY, ESQ. , MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP, New York, Attorneys for Defendant Velan Valve Corp.

AMY ZUMSTEG, ESQ. , LEADER & BERKON LLP, New York, Attorneys for Defendant Warren Pumps, Inc.

V. CHRISTOPHER POTENZA, ESQ. , HURWITZ & FINE, P.C., Buffalo, New York, Attorneys for Defendant Weil McLain

CHRISTINA E. STONE, ESQ. , SLYE & BURROWS, Watertown, New York, Attorneys for Defendant White's Lumber

A.W. CHESTERTON CO., INC. NO APPEARANCE

ABEX CORPORATION NO APPEARANCE

AMERICAN STANDARD, INC. NO APPEARANCE

ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL, NO APPEARANCE INC.

CBS CORPORATION NO APPEARANCE

FMC CORPORATION NO APPEARANCE

FOSTER WHEELER, LLC NO APPEARANCE

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY NO APPEARANCE

HB SMITH COMPANY NO APPEARANCE INCORPORATED

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, NO APPEARANCE INC.

IMO INDUSTRIES, INC. NO APPEARANCE

ITT INDUSTRIAL, INC. NO APPEARANCE

INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY NO APPEARANCE

J.H. FRANCE REFRACTORIES NO APPEARANCE COMPANY

KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY, NO APPEARANCE INC.

KENTILE FLOORS, INC. NO APPEARANCE

STANDARD AUTO PARTS NO APPEARANCE

NASH ENGINEERING COMPANY NO APPEARANCE

YARWAY CORPORATION NO APPEARANCE

CATERPILLAR, INC. NO APPEARANCE

ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION NO APPEARANCE


MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

FREDERICK J. SCULLIN, Jr., Senior District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Currently before the Court is Plaintiffs' motion to remand this case to New York State Supreme Court, County of Onondaga. See Dkt. No. 103. None of the remaining Defendants in this case has filed any papers in opposition to this motion.

II. BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs filed this civil action in New York Supreme Court, County of Onondaga...

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