PlainSite :: Rhode Island District Court :: Case No. 1:97-cv-00180-ML: Howarth, et al v. ACandS, Inc., et al, Mary M Lisi presiding

Rhode Island District Court, Case No. 1:97-cv-00180-ML:
Howarth, et al v. ACandS, Inc., et al
Judge Mary M Lisi, presiding

		Donald Howarth, Plaintiff	James F. Early Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney & Meisenkothen, LLC Phone: +1 203 777 7799 Fax: +1 203 785 1671 E-Mail: jfe@elslaw.com
		Julia Howarth, Plaintiff	James F. Early Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney & Meisenkothen, LLC Phone: +1 203 777 7799 Fax: +1 203 785 1671 E-Mail: jfe@elslaw.com
		Eastern Refractories, Co., Inc., Defendant	William M. Heffernan Phone: +3345 334 334 5600 Fax: +3345 334 334 5005 E-Mail: HeffernanLaw@aol.com
		Flintkote Company, Defendant	William T. Purdue Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP Phone: +5285 528 528 5862 Fax: +1 888 325 9635 E-Mail: wpurdue@eapdlaw.com
		Foster Wheeler Corp, Defendant	John W. Mahoney Asquith, Mahoney, LLP Phone: +3315 331 331 5353 Fax: +3317 331 331 7373 E-Mail: johnmahoney@amlawllp.com
		General Electric, Defendant	No attorney information is available for this party.
		Georgia Pacific Corp., Defendant	John B. Manning Cooley Manion Jones Hake Kurowski LLP Phone: +1 617 737 3100 Fax: +1 617 737 0374 E-Mail: jmanning@cmjlaw.com
			Brian D. Gross Cooley Manion Jones Hake Kurowski LLP Phone: +1 617 737 3100 Fax: +1 617 737 0374 E-Mail: bgross@cmjlaw.com
			Lisa R. Evangelista Cetrulo & Capone LLP Phone: +2747 274 274 7850 Fax: +2749 274 274 9670
		Grant Wilson, Defendant	Paul V. Reynolds Peter A. Lagorio, Law Office Phone: +8615 861 861 5522 Fax: +3314 331 331 4861 E-Mail: pvreynolds@conversent.net
		J.H. France Refractories Co., Defendant	Peter F. Mathieu bgmalaw.com Law Firm Placeholder Phone: +3311 331 331 1434 Fax: +3519 351 351 9653
			Mark O. Denehy Adler Pollock & Sheehan PC Phone: +2747 274 274 7200 Fax: +3514 351 351 4607 E-Mail: mdenehy@apslaw.com
		John Crane, Inc, Defendant	David A. Salvatore Phone: +1 781 849 5000
			Anthony Hazen Phone: +6352 635 635 2633
			David H. Stillman stillmanlegal.com Law Firm Placeholder Phone: +1 781 829 1077 Fax: +1 781 829 2077 E-Mail: dhs@stillmanlegal.com
		Rapid American, Defendant	John W. Kershaw ricedolan.com Law Firm Placeholder Phone: +2728 272 272 8800 Fax: +4217 421 421 7218 E-Mail: ricedolank@aol.com
		Reily Stoker, Defendant	Lisa R. Evangelista Cetrulo & Capone LLP Phone: +2747 274 274 7850 Fax: +2749 274 274 9670
		Stone & Webster Engineering Corp., Defendant	James E. Purcell Partridge, Snow & Hahn, LLP Phone: +8618 861 861 8200 Fax: +8618 861 861 8210
			Robert B. Mitchell Durant, Nichols, Houston, Mitchell & Sheahan Phone: +1 203 366 3438
		The H.B. Smith Co., Defendant	No attorney information is available for this party.
		The Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Defendant	Thomas W. Lyons, III straussfactor.com Law Firm Placeholder Phone: +4560 456 456 0700 Fax: +4214 421 421 4730 E-Mail: tlyons@straussfactor.com
		Uniroyal, Inc., Defendant	Randall L. Souza Shechtman Halperin Savage, LLP Phone: +2721 272 272 1400 Fax: +2721 272 272 1403 E-Mail: rsouza@shslawfirm.com
			Fred A. Kelly, Jr. Nixon Peabody LLP Phone: +1 617 345 1319 Fax: +1 866 947 1649 E-Mail: fkelly@nixonpeabody.com
		United States Mineral Products Co., Defendant	Kenneth R. Neal Danaher, Lagnese & Sacco, P.C.-Hfd Phone: +1 203 247 3666 Fax: +1 860 547 1321 E-Mail: kneal@dtln.com
			David H. Stillman stillmanlegal.com Law Firm Placeholder Phone: +1 781 829 1077 Fax: +1 781 829 2077 E-Mail: dhs@stillmanlegal.com
		Eastern Refractories, Co., Inc., Cross Defendant	No attorney information is available for this party.
		Flintkote Company, Cross Defendant	No attorney information is available for this party.
		Foster Wheeler Corp, Cross Defendant	No attorney information is available for this party.
		General Electric, Cross Defendant	No attorney information is available for this party.
		Georgia Pacific Corp., Cross Claimant	John B. Manning Cooley Manion Jones Hake Kurowski LLP Phone: +1 617 737 3100 Fax: +1 617 737 0374 E-Mail: jmanning@cmjlaw.com
			Brian D. Gross Cooley Manion Jones Hake Kurowski LLP Phone: +1 617 737 3100 Fax: +1 617 737 0374 E-Mail: bgross@cmjlaw.com
			Lisa R. Evangelista Cetrulo & Capone LLP Phone: +2747 274 274 7850 Fax: +2749 274 274 9670
		Grant Wilson, Cross Defendant	Paul V. Reynolds Peter A. Lagorio, Law Office Phone: +8615 861 861 5522 Fax: +3314 331 331 4861 E-Mail: pvreynolds@conversent.net
		J.H. France Refractories Co., Cross Defendant	Mark O. Denehy Adler Pollock & Sheehan PC Phone: +2747 274 274 7200 Fax: +3514 351 351 4607 E-Mail: mdenehy@apslaw.com
		John Crane, Inc, Cross Defendant	David H. Stillman stillmanlegal.com Law Firm Placeholder Phone: +1 781 829 1077 Fax: +1 781 829 2077 E-Mail: dhs@stillmanlegal.com
			David A. Salvatore Phone: +1 781 849 5000
			Anthony Hazen Phone: +6352 635 635 2633
		Rapid American, Cross Defendant	No attorney information is available for this party.
		Reily Stoker, Cross Claimant	Lisa R. Evangelista Cetrulo & Capone LLP Phone: +2747 274 274 7850 Fax: +2749 274 274 9670
		Stone & Webster Engineering Corp., Cross Defendant	James E. Purcell Partridge, Snow & Hahn, LLP Phone: +8618 861 861 8200 Fax: +8618 861 861 8210
			Robert B. Mitchell Durant, Nichols, Houston, Mitchell & Sheahan Phone: +1 203 366 3438
		The H.B. Smith Co., Cross Defendant	No attorney information is available for this party.
		The Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Cross Defendant	Thomas W. Lyons, III straussfactor.com Law Firm Placeholder Phone: +4560 456 456 0700 Fax: +4214 421 421 4730 E-Mail: tlyons@straussfactor.com
		Uniroyal, Inc., Cross Defendant	Randall L. Souza Shechtman Halperin Savage, LLP Phone: +2721 272 272 1400 Fax: +2721 272 272 1403 E-Mail: rsouza@shslawfirm.com
			Fred A. Kelly, Jr. Nixon Peabody LLP Phone: +1 617 345 1319 Fax: +1 866 947 1649 E-Mail: fkelly@nixonpeabody.com

		United States Mineral Products Co., Cross Defendant	David H. Stillman stillmanlegal.com Law Firm Placeholder Phone: +1 781 829 1077 Fax: +1 781 829 2077 E-Mail: dhs@stillmanlegal.com
			Kenneth R. Neal Danaher, Lagnese & Sacco, P.C.-Hfd Phone: +1 203 247 3666 Fax: +1 860 547 1321 E-Mail: kneal@dtln.com
		W.R. Grace & Company, Cross Defendant	James T. McCormick Office of Claudia Davidson Phone: +8312 831 831 2970 Fax: +7511 751 751 1797 E-Mail: mclaw@choiceonemail.com

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Office	Providence
Filed	4/2/1997
Jury Demand	Both
Demand	$2000000
Nature of Suit	368 - Personal Injury: Asbestos
Cause	28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity-Asbestos Litigation
Jurisdiction	Diversity
Disposition	Transfer/Remand - MDL Transfer
County	Providence
Terminated	8/26/1997
Origin	1
Reopened	None
Lead Case	None
Related Case
Other Court Case	none[]
Def Custody Status
Flags	CLOSED, MDL, TMB

--	Filed: 4/2/1997, Entered: 4/2/1997
	CASE assigned to Judge Raymond J. Pettine . Assigned to Magistrate Judge Timothy M. Boudewyns (Price, R)

1	Filed: 4/2/1997, Entered: 4/2/1997
	COMPLAINT filed; FILING FEE $ 150.00 RECEIPT # 35259 (Price, R)

2	Filed: 7/3/1997, Entered: 7/8/1997	Notice of Appearance
	ENTRY of appearance for W.R. Grace & Company by James J. McKenna (Price, R)

3	Filed: 7/3/1997, Entered: 7/8/1997	Terminated:
	ANSWER to Complaint by W.R. Grace & Company (Attorney James J. McKenna),; jury demand (Price, R)

4	Filed: 7/15/1997, Entered: 7/21/1997	Notice (Other)
	NOTICE of Tag-Along Action (Price, R)

5	Filed: 7/22/1997, Entered: 7/22/1997, Terminated: 8/26/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by Westinghouse Elect (Attorney Thomas W. Lyons III),; jury demand and Entry of Appearance (Price, R)

6	Filed: 7/22/1997, Entered: 7/22/1997, Terminated: 8/26/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by Stone & Webster (Attorney James E. Purcell, Robert B. Mitchell), (Price, R)

7	Filed: 7/22/1997, Entered: 7/22/1997, Terminated: 8/18/1997	Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice
	MOTION by Stone & Webster for Robert B. Mitchell to Appear Pro Hac Vice (Price, R)

8	Filed: 7/24/1997, Entered: 7/24/1997, Terminated: 8/26/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by Grant Wilson (Attorney Paul V. Reynolds),; jury demand (Price, R)

--	Filed: 8/1/1997, Entered: 8/1/1997
	CASE reassigned to Judge Mary M. Lisi . Assigned to Magistrate Judge TImothy Boudewyns (Dube, P)

9	Filed: 8/6/1997, Entered: 8/18/1997, Terminated: 9/17/1997	Terminated:
	MOTION by John Crane, Inc. for David H. Stillman to Appear Pro Hac Vice (Brunelle, E)

10	Filed: 8/6/1997, Entered: 8/18/1997	Notice of Appearance
	ENTRY of appearance for John Crane, Inc. by Anthony Hazen and David Stillman (Brunelle, E)

10	Filed: 8/6/1997, Entered: 8/18/1997	Terminated:
	ANSWER to Complaint by John Crane, Inc. (Attorney David Stillman and Anthony hazen); jury demand (Brunelle, E)

11	Filed: 8/8/1997, Entered: 8/18/1997	Notice of Appearance
	ENTRY of appearance for United States Minera by Kenneth R. Neal (Brunelle, E)

11	Filed: 8/8/1997, Entered: 8/18/1997	Terminated:
	ANSWER to Complaint by United States Minera (Attorney David H. Stillman); jury demand (Brunelle, E)

--	Filed: 8/12/1997, Entered: 8/12/1997
	Motion(s) referred: [7-1] motion for Robert B. Mitchell to Appear Pro Hac Vice referred to Magistrate Judge Timothy M. Boudewyns (Dube, P)

12	Filed: 8/13/1997, Entered: 8/18/1997	Terminated:
	ANSWER to complaint; jury demand and CROSSCLAIM by Georgia Pacific (Attorney Lisa R. Evangelista) against ACandS, Inc., Eastern Refractories, Flintkote Company, Foster Wheeler Corp., General Electric, Grant Wilson, J.H. France, John Crane, Inc., Rapid American, Stone & Webster, United States Minera, The H.B. Smith Co., Uniroyal, Inc., Westinghouse Elect, W.R. Grace & Company (Brunelle, E)

13	Filed: 8/18/1997, Entered: 8/18/1997, Terminated: 8/26/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by Grant Wilson to [12-2] cross claim (Brunelle, E)

14	Filed: 8/18/1997, Entered: 8/18/1997
	ORDER granting [7-1] motion for Robert B. Mitchell to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( signed by Magistrate Judge Timothy M. Boudewyns ) (Zinni, C)

15	Filed: 8/18/1997, Entered: 8/18/1997, Terminated: 8/26/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by Grant Wilson to Cross-Claim of John Crane, Inc. (Brunelle, E)

16	Filed: 8/21/1997, Entered: 8/21/1997, Terminated: 8/26/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by W.R. Grace & Company to [12-2] cross claim (Brunelle, E)

18	Filed: 8/25/1997, Entered: 8/28/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by Uniroyal, Inc. (Attorney Fred A. Kelly Jr., Randall L. Souza),; jury demand (Brunelle, E)

--	Filed: 8/26/1997, Entered: 8/26/1997
	Case closed (Dube, P)

17	Filed: 8/26/1997, Entered: 8/26/1997
	ORDER: No objection having been filed, the stay is lifted on the conditional order of transfer and this case is hereby transferred to the MDL (Multi-District Litigation) in the Eastern Dt. of PA and assigned to U.S. District Judge Charles Weiner. (signed by Patricia Howard Clerk of the Panel.) (Dube, P)

19	Filed: 8/26/1997, Entered: 8/28/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to complaint; jury demand and CROSSCLAIM by Reily Stoker (Attorney Lisa R. Evangelista) against ACandS, Inc., Eastern Refractories, Flintkote Company, Foster Wheeler Corp., General Electric, Grant Wilson, J.H. France, John Crane, Inc., Rapid American, Stone & Webster, United States Minera, The H.B. Smith Co., Uniroyal, Inc., Westinghouse Elect, W.R. Grace & Company (Brunelle, E)

20	Filed: 8/27/1997, Entered: 9/9/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by Uniroyal, Inc. to [12-2] cross claim (Brunelle, E)

21	Filed: 8/29/1997, Entered: 9/9/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by J.H. France (Attorney Peter F. Mathieu),; jury demand (Brunelle, E)

22	Filed: 9/2/1997, Entered: 9/9/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by Grant Wilson to [19-2] cross claim (Brunelle, E)

23	Filed: 9/2/1997, Entered: 9/9/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by W.R. Grace & Company to [19-2] cross claim (Brunelle, E)

24	Filed: 9/2/1997, Entered: 9/9/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by W.R. Grace & Company to cross-claim of Uniroyal, Inc. (Brunelle, E)

--	Filed: 9/4/1997, Entered: 9/4/1997
	Motion(s) referred: [9-1] motion for David H. Stillman to Appear Pro Hac Vice referred to Magistrate Judge Timothy M. Boudewyns (Dube, P)

25	Filed: 9/5/1997, Entered: 9/9/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by J.H. France to [19-2] cross claim (Brunelle, E)

26	Filed: 9/5/1997, Entered: 9/9/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by Eastern Refractories (Attorney William M. Heffernan),; jury demand (Brunelle, E)

27	Filed: 9/5/1997, Entered: 9/9/1997	Notice of Appearance
	ENTRY of appearance for Rapid American by John W. Kershaw (Brunelle, E)

28	Filed: 9/5/1997, Entered: 9/9/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by Rapid American (Attorney John W. Kershaw); jury demand (Brunelle, E)

29	Filed: 9/8/1997, Entered: 9/9/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by Foster Wheeler Corp. (Attorney John R. Mahoney),; jury demand (Brunelle, E)

31	Filed: 9/12/1997, Entered: 10/1/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by Uniroyal, Inc. to [19-2] cross claim (Brunelle, E)

32	Filed: 9/12/1997, Entered: 10/1/1997	Stipulation
	Stipulation between the parties that the defendant, Rapid American Corporation may have up to and including September 5, 1997 to file its answer to plaintiffs' complaint (Brunelle, E)

33	Filed: 9/16/1997, Entered: 10/1/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by W.R. Grace & Company to Cross-claim of Rapid american Corporation (Brunelle, E)

30	Filed: 9/17/1997, Entered: 9/17/1997
	ORDER granting [9-1] motion for David H. Stillman to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( signed by Magistrate Judge Timothy M. Boudewyns ) (Dias, J)

34	Filed: 9/17/1997, Entered: 10/1/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by Stone & Webster to Cross-Claim of Rapid-American Corporation (Brunelle, E)

39	Filed: 9/17/1997, Entered: 10/1/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by Grant Wilson to Cross-claim of Rapid American Corporation (Brunelle, E)

35	Filed: 9/22/1997, Entered: 10/1/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by Foster Wheeler Corp. to [12-2] cross claim (Brunelle, E)

36	Filed: 9/22/1997, Entered: 10/1/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by Foster Wheeler Corp. to [19-2] cross claim (Brunelle, E)

37	Filed: 9/24/1997, Entered: 10/1/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by Uniroyal, Inc. to Cross-claim of Rapid American Corporation (Brunelle, E)

38	Filed: 9/25/1997, Entered: 10/1/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by Foster Wheeler Corp. to Cross-claim of Rapid-American Corporation (Brunelle, E)

--	Filed: 9/29/1997, Entered: 10/3/1997	Remark
	Received $50.00, Oath on Admission Card for Robert B. Mitchell to appear Pro Hac Vice, Receipt #36953 (Price, R)

40	Filed: 10/9/1997, Entered: 10/10/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by Flintkote Company (Attorney Elizabeth M. Fahey),; jury demand (Dube, P)

41	Filed: 1/12/1998, Entered: 1/13/1998	Notice of Appearance
	ENTRY of appearance for ACandS, Inc. by Kenneth R. Neal (Brunelle, E)

41	Filed: 1/12/1998, Entered: 1/13/1998	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by ACandS, Inc. (Attorney Kenneth R. Neal); jury demand (Brunelle, E)

42	Filed: 5/14/1998, Entered: 6/8/1998, Terminated: 6/12/1998	Terminated:
	MOTION by Grant Wilson to Dismiss (Brunelle, E)

43	Filed: 6/12/1998, Entered: 6/12/1998
	ORDER granting [42-1] motion to Dismiss () (Burgess, J)

44	Filed: 6/12/1998, Entered: 6/12/1998
	ORDER ( dismissing Stone & Webster ) (McCabe, F)

45	Filed: 12/18/1998, Entered: 12/28/1998	Notice of Appearance
	ENTRY of appearance for Flintkote Company by William T. Purdue (This entry of appearance also contains the withdrawal of Elizabeth Fahey) (Brunelle, E)

46	Filed: 3/15/2000, Entered: 3/21/2000	Notice of Appearance
	ENTRY of appearance for J.H. France, J.H. France, J.H. France by Mark O. Denehy (Barletta, B)

47	Filed: 4/27/2001, Entered: 5/2/2001	Order
	ORDER of Dismissal as to WR Grace & Co. (Judge Charles Weiner, EDPA) (Saucier, M)

48	Filed: 4/7/2003, Entered: 4/8/2003	Order
	ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE as to ACands, Inc.; signed by Judge Charles Weiner (Bankruptcy Declaration) (Saucier, M)

49	Filed: 12/31/2003, Entered: 1/6/2004	Notice of Appearance
	ENTRY of appearance for John Crane, Inc., John Crane, Inc., John Crane, Inc. by David A. Salvatore; WITHDRAWAL of appearance for John Crane, Inc., by David H. Stillman (Duhamel, J)

50	Filed: 5/24/2004, Entered: 5/24/2004
	NOTICE of Withdrawal of Appearance by David A. Salvatore for John Crane, Inc. (Duhamel, J)

51	Filed: 5/24/2004, Entered: 5/24/2004
	ENTRY of appearance for John Crane, Inc., John Crane, Inc., John Crane, Inc. by David H. Stillman (Duhamel, J)

52	Filed: 11/1/2005, Entered: 12/28/2005	Notice (Other)
	NOTICE of Withdrawal of Appearance filed by Lawrence G. Cetrulo on behalf of Georgia Pacific Corp. (Duhamel, John)

53	Filed: 5/22/2006, Entered: 5/23/2006	Notice of Appearance
	NOTICE of Appearance by Brian D. Gross, John B. Manning on behalf of Georgia Pacific Corp.(Duhamel, John)

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