FARROW v. ALFA LAVAL, INC.

MICHAEL FARROW and LIDIA FARROW, Appellants, v. ALFA LAVAL, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to THE DELAVAL SEPARATOR COMPANY and SHARPLES CORPORATION); ANCHORD/DARLING VALVE COMPANY; AURORA PUMP COMPANY; BUFFALO PUMPS, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to BUFFALO FORGE COMPANY); BW/IP INTERNATIONAL, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to BYRON JACKSON PUMP COMPANY); CLEAVER-BROOKS, INC. f/k/a AQUA-CHEM, INC. d/b/a CLEAVER-BROOKS DIVISION (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to DAVIS ENGINEERING COMPANY); 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.); CROSBY VALVE, INC.; ELLIOTT TURBOMACHINERY COMPANY a/k/a ELLIOTT COMPANY; FAIRBANKS MORSE PUMP CORPORATION; FLOWSERVE US INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to DURCO INTERNATIONAL, BYRON JACKSON PUMP COMPANY, ALDRICH and EDWARD VALVE & MANUFACTURING); FMC CORPORATION (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to PEERLESS PUMP COMPANY); FRYER-KNOWLES, INC.; FRYER-KNOWLES, INC. A WASHINGTON CORPORATION; GARLOCK SEALING TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to GARLOCK, INC.); GOULDS PUMPS, INC.; IMO INDUSTRIES, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to DELAVAL TURBINE, INC. and C.H. WHEELER); ITT INDUSTRIES, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to BELL & GOSSETT, KENNEDY VALVE MANUFACTURING CO., KENNEDY VALVE, INC., and KENNEDY VALVE CO.); INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to EDWARD VALVE & MANUFACTURING); J.T. THORPE & SON, INC.; JOHN CRANE, INC.; LESLIE CONTROLS, INC.; MCWANE, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to KENNEDY VALVE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, KENNEDY VALVE, INC., and KENNEDY VALVE COMPANY); METALCLAD INSULATION CORPORATION; SEPCO CORPORATION; STERLING FLUID SYSTEMS, INC. f/k/a PEERLESS PUMPS CO.; TYCO FLOW CONTROL, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to THE LUNKENHEIMER COMPANY, and HANCOCK VALVES); WARREN PUMPS, L.L.C. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to QUIMBY PUMP COMPANY); WEIR VALVES & CONTROLS USA, INC. f/k/a ATWOOD & MORRILL; THE WILLIAM POWELL COMPANY; YARWAY CORPORATION, Respondents, BEAIRD CO.; CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION f/k/a COOPER CAMERON CORPORATION (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to COOPER-BESSEMER CORPORATION); CARRIER CORPORATION; CLA-VAL CO.; CRANE ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to COCHRANE CORPORATION); EATON HYDRAULICS, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to VICKERS, INC.); E.J. BARTELLS SETTLEMENT TRUST; GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to HARRISON THERMAL SYSTEM and HARRISON RADIATOR); HARDIE-TYNES, L.L.C. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to HARDIE-TYNES MANUFACTURING COMPANY); HOKE INCORPORATED; HOPEMAN BROTHERS, INC.; HOPEMAN BROTHERS MARINE INTERIORS, L.L.C. a/k/a HOPEMAN BROTHERS, INC.; M. SLAYEN AND ASSOCIATES, INC.; METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; PLANT INSULATION COMPANY; RAPID-AMERICAN CORPORATION (sued as successor-in-interest to PHILIP CAREY MANUFACTURING CORPORATION); SB DECKING, INC. f/k/a SELBY BATTERSBY & CO.; SYD CARPENTER, MARINE CONTRACTOR, INC.; THOMAS DEE ENGINEERING CO., INC.; TRIPLE A MACHINE SHOP, INC., and DOES 1-450 INCLUSIVE, Defendants.