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SPARKMAN v. A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY

No. 2:12-cv-02957-DCN.

TERENCE J. SPARKMAN AND LEONARD SPARKMAN, personal representatives of the estate of ELIJAH SPARKMAN, JR., deceased, Plaintiffs, v. A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY; FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY CORP.; GOULDS PUMPS, INC.; METROPOLITAN INSURANCE COMPANY; RESEARCH-COTTRELL, INC. n/k/a AWT AIR COMPANY, INC; RILEY POWER, INC.; UNIROYAL, INC., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Charleston Division.

December 29, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence J Sparkman, Plaintiff, represented by John Eugene Herrick , Motley Rice, V Brian Bevon , Motley Rice & William Christopher Swett , Motley Rice.

Leonard Sparkman, Plaintiff, represented by John Eugene Herrick , Motley Rice, V Brian Bevon , Motley Rice & William Christopher Swett , Motley Rice.

A W Chesterton Company, Defendant, represented by Jennifer M Techman , Evert and Weathersby.

Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Defendant, represented by Jennifer M Techman , Evert and Weathersby.

Goulds Pumps Incorporated, Defendant, represented by Moffatt Grier McDonald , Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, Scott E Frick , Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd & William David Conner , Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Defendant, represented by Mark Hedderman Wall , Elmore and Wall.

Research-Cottrell Inc, Defendant, represented by David Michael Burkoff , Hunter Maclean Exley and Dunn, Erik David Nadolink , Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP, John Michael Fitzpatrick , Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLp, Nicholas J Laybourn , Hunter Maclean Exley and Dunn, Robert Bates Lovett , Hunter Maclean Exley and Dunn & Saunders Aldridge , Hunter Maclean Exley and Dunn.

Riley Power Inc, Defendant, represented by Arthur Timothy Jones , Hawkins and Parnell, Elisabeth Maynette Cheatham , Hawkins Parnell Thackston and Young & Erin Elaine Shofner , Hawkins Parnell Thackston and Young.

ORDER

DAVID C. NORTON, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on defendant Goulds Pumps, Inc.'s ("Goulds") motion for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, the court grants Goulds's motion.

I. BACKGROUND

From 1954 to 2000, decedent Elijah J. Sparkman ("Sparkman") was employed in various capacities at Westvaco Pulp and Paper Mill ("Westvaco") in North Charleston, South Carolina, including as a...

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