COOK v. NL INDUSTRIES, INC.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua P. Grunda , Jessica M. Bacon , Thomas W. Bevan , Patrick M. Walsh , Bevan & Associates, L.P.A., Inc., 6555 Dean Memorial Parkway, Boston Heights, Ohio 44236, for Chris Cook Ind., Etc., Attorneys for Appellant.

Timothy M. Fox , Christine E. Watchorn , Ulmer & Berne, L.L.P., 88 East Broad Street, Suite 1600, Columbus, Ohio 43215, for NL Industries, Inc., William D. Bonezzi , Kevin O. Kadlec , Bonezzi Switzer Murphy Polito & Hupp Co., L.P.A., 1300 East 9th Street, Suite 1950, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, for Donald McKay Smith, Inc. Bradley K. Shafer , Swartz Campbell , 1233 Main Street, Suite 1000, Wheeling, West Virginia 26003, for Allied Glove, Daniel J. Michalec , Holly Olarczuk-Smith , Gallagher Sharp , Sixth Floor, Bulkley Building, 1501 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, for Beazer East, Inc., John A. Kristan, Jr. , John A. Valenti , Kelley Jasons McGowan Spinelli Hanna & Reber, L.L.P., 1220 W. 6th Street, Suite 305, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, W. Matthew Reber , Kelley Jasons McGowan , et al., Two Liberty Place, Suite 1900, 50 South 16th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, for Clark Industrial Insulation, Coleson R. Braham , Daniel P. Carter , Jeffrey W. Ruple , Buckley King, L.P.A., 1400 Fifth Third Center, 600 Superior Avenue, East, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, for Cleaver-Brooks, Inc., James N. Kline , Bruce P. Mandel , Kurt S. Siegfried , Robert E. Zulandt, III , Ulmer & Berne, L.L.P., Skylight Office Tower, 1660 West 2nd Street, Suite 1100, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, for Edward R. Hart Company, Stephanie M. Chmiel , Jennifer M. Mountcastle , Thompson Hine, L.L.P., 41 S. High Street, Suite 1700, Columbus, Ohio 43215, Elizabeth B. Wright , Thompson Hine, L.L.P., 3900 Key Center, 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, Stephen T. Persia , Susan Squire Box , Brad A. Rimmel , Nathan F. Studeny , Roetzel & Andress, L.P.A., 222 South Main Street, Akron, Ohio 44308, for Ford Motor Company, Nicholas L. Evanchan , Ralph J. Palmisano , Evanchan & Palmisano, 388 South Main Street, Suite 402, Akron, Ohio 44311, for Foster Wheeler Corporation, Reginald S. Kramer , Oldham Kramer , 195 South Main Street, Suite 300, Akron, Ohio 44308, for General Electric Company, Matthew M. Daiker , Perry W. Doran, II , Richard D. Schuster , Vorys, Sater, Seymour, & Pease, 52 East Gay Street, P.O. Box 1008, Columbus, Ohio 43216-1008, for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Steven G. Blackmer , Willman & Silvaggio, L.L.P., 5500 Corporate Drive, Suite 150, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237, for Honeywell International, Inc., Laura Kingsley Hong , Squire Sanders (US), L.L.P., 4900 Key Tower, 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, for Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Diane L. Feigi , Wade A. Mitchell , Edward D. Papp , Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P., PNC Center, 1900 East 9th Street, Suite 3200, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, for Kelsey-Hayes Company, Jennifer A. Riester , Weston Hurd, L.L.P., The Tower at Erieview, 1301 East Ninth Street, Suite 1900, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, for Morton International, Thomas R. Wolf , Reminger Co., L.P.A., 101 Prospect Avenue, West, Suite 1400, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, for CL Zimmerman & Ohio Pipe & Supply Company, Kenneth F. Krawczak , Michele L. Larissey , Swartz Campbell, L.L.C., The Illuminating Building, 55 Public Square, Suite 1120, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, for Okonite Company, Susan M. Audey , Christopher J. Caryl , Jennifer Woloschyn , Tucker Ellis, L.L.P., 950 Main Avenue, Suite 1100, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, for Pneumo Abex, L.L.C., Michael D. Eagen , Dinsmore & Shohl, L.L.P., 1900 Chemed Center, 255 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, Daniel L. Jones, Jr. , Dinsmore & Shohl, L.L.P., 255 East Fifth Street, Suite 1900, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, for Saint-Gobain Abrasives (f.k.a. Norton Company), Attorneys for Appellees.

BEFORE: Blackmon, J., Celebrezze, P.J., and E.A. Gallagher, J.