ABBAY v. AURORA PUMP COMPANY

GEORGE ABBAY and LYNNE ABBAY, husband and wife, Appellants v. AURORA PUMP COMPANY; CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION f/k/a COOPER CAMERON CORPORATION, (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to JOY MANUFACTURING COMPANY); CLEAVER-BROOKS, INC. f/k/a AQUA-CHEM, INC., d/b/a CLEAVER-BROOKS DIVISION; COLTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to FAIRBANKS MORSE ENGINE); CRANE CO. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to COCHRANE CORPORATION and CHAPMAN VALVE CO.); ELLIOTT TURBO MACHINERY COMPANY a/k/a ELLIOTT COMPANY; FAIRBANKS MORSE PUMP CORPORATION; FMC CORPORATION (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to PEERLESS PUMP COMPANY and CHICAGO PUMP COMPANY); FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY CORPORATION; GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to DELPHI HARRISON THERMAL SYSTEM and HARRISON RADIATOR); IMO INDUSTRIES, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to DELAVAL TURBINE, INC., and C.H. WHEELER); LESLIE CONTROLS, INC.; MCWANE INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to KENNEDY VALVE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, KENNEDY VALVE, INC., and KENNEDY VALVE COMPANY); SABERHAGEN HOLDINGS, INC.; STERLING FLUID SYSTEMS, INC. f/k/a PEERLESS PUMP COMPANY; VIKING PUMP, INC.; WARREN PUMPS, LLC (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to QUIMBY PUMP COMPANY); YARWAY CORPORATION, (individually and as successor-in-interest to GIMPEL CORPORATION), Respondents, AFTON PUMPS, INC.; ALFA LAVAL, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to THE DELAVAL SEPARATOR COMPANY and SHARPLES CORPORATION); ALLIS CHALMERS CORPORATION PRODUCT LIABILITY TRUST (as successor-in-interest to ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION); AMERICAN STANDARD, INC., d/b/a AMERICAN STANDARD PRODUCTS, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to AMERICAN BLOWER CORPORATION); ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL, INC.; ASCO VALVE, INC.; BUFFALO PUMPS, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to BUFFALO FORGE COMPANY); CARVER PUMP COMPANY; 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); CLA-VAL CO. COEN COMPANY, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to COEN MANUFACTURING CORP.); CRANE ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to COCHRANE CORPORATION); CROSBY VALVE, INC.; CROWN CORK & SEAL CO., INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to MUNDET CORK COMPANY); CYCLOTHERM CORPORATION; DURABLA MANUFACTURING COMPANY; EATON HYDRAULICS, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to VICKERS, INC); FLOWSERVE US INC. (as successor-in-interest to PACIFIC PUMPS and BYRON JACKSON PUMP COMPANY); FRYER-KNOWLES, INC.; FRYER-KNOWLES, INC., A WASHINGTON CORPORATION; GARDNER DENVER, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to JOY MANUFACTURING COMPANY); GARDNER DENVER NASH, L.L.C. f/k/a THE NASH ENGINEERING COMPANY; GARLOCK SEALING TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to GARLOCK, INC.); THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY; THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY; GOULDS PUMPS, INC.; HARDIE-TYNES, LLC (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to HARDIE-TYNES MANUFACTURING COMPANY); INTERSOLL RAND COMPANY (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to TERRY STEAM TURBINE COMPANY); ITT INDUSTRIES, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to KENNEDY VALVE MANUFACTURING CO., KENNEDY VALVE, INC., and KENNEDY VALVE CO.); J.T. THORPE & SON, INC.; JOHN CRANE, INC.; M. SLAYEN AND ASSOCIATES, INC.; METALCLAD INSULATION CORPORATION; METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; MUELLER COMPANY; THE NASH ENGINEERING COMPANY; THE NORTHROP GRUMMAN FOUNDATION (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to LITTON INDUSTRIES); PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to SACOMO SIERRA and SACOMO MANUFACTURING CO.); PEERLESS INDUSTRIES INC.; RAPID-AMERICAN CORPORATION (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to PHILIP CAREY MANUFACTURING CORPORATION); SB DECKING, INC. f/k/a SELBY BATTERSBY & CO.; SPIRAX SARCO, INC.; SYD CARPENTER, MARINE CONTRACTOR, INC.; TACO, INC.; TWC THE VALVE COMPANY, L.L.C. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to THE WALWORTH COMPANY); VELAN VALVE CORPORATION; VIAD CORPORATION f/k/a THE DIAL CORPORATION (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to GRISCOM-RUSSELL COMPANY); WEIL PUMP COMPANY, INC.; WEIR VALVES & CONTROLS USA, INC. f/k/a ATWOOD & MORRILL, Defendants.