PlainSite :: Rhode Island District Court :: Case No. 1:97-cv-00210-L: Brennan v. ACandS, Inc., et al, Ronald R Lagueux presiding

Rhode Island District Court, Case No. 1:97-cv-00210-L:
Brennan v. ACandS, Inc., et al
Judge Ronald R Lagueux, presiding

		Barthalenew Brennan, 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	Lisa R. Evangelista Cetrulo & Capone LLP Phone: +2747 274 274 7850 Fax: +2749 274 274 9670
		J.H. France Refractories Co., Defendant	Mark O. Denehy Adler Pollock & Sheehan PC Phone: +2747 274 274 7200 Fax: +3514 351 351 4607 E-Mail: mdenehy@apslaw.com
			Victoria M. Almeida Adler Pollock & Sheehan PC Phone: +1 401 274 7200 Fax: +1 401 351 4607 E-Mail: valmeida@apslaw.com
			R. Bart Totten Adler Pollock & Sheehan PC Phone: +2747 274 274 7200 Fax: +3514 351 351 4607 E-Mail: btotten@apslaw.com
			Peter F. Mathieu bgmalaw.com Law Firm Placeholder Phone: +3311 331 331 1434 Fax: +3519 351 351 9653
			Peter Lawson Kennedy Adler Pollock & Sheehan PC Phone: +2747 274 274 7200 Fax: +3514 351 351 4607 E-Mail: pkennedy@apslaw.com
		John Crane, Inc, Defendant	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
		Riley 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	Fred A. Kelly, Jr. Nixon Peabody LLP Phone: +1 617 345 1319 Fax: +1 866 947 1649 E-Mail: fkelly@nixonpeabody.com
			Dennis M. Duggan, Jr. Phone: +1 617 345 1000 Fax: +3451 345 345 1300
			Melissa Bayer Tearney Phone: +1 617 345 1000 Fax: +3451 345 345 1300
			Randall L. Souza Shechtman Halperin Savage, LLP Phone: +2721 272 272 1400 Fax: +2721 272 272 1403 E-Mail: rsouza@shslawfirm.com
			Allison E. Picott Phone: +1 617 345 1000 Fax: +3451 345 345 1300
		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
		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.
			John W. Mahoney Asquith, Mahoney, LLP Phone: +3315 331 331 5353 Fax: +3317 331 331 7373 E-Mail: johnmahoney@amlawllp.com
		General Electric, Cross Defendant	No attorney information is available for this party.
		Georgia Pacific Corp., Cross Claimant	Lisa R. Evangelista Cetrulo & Capone LLP Phone: +2747 274 274 7850 Fax: +2749 274 274 9670
			Lisa R. Evangelista Cetrulo & Capone LLP Phone: +2747 274 274 7850 Fax: +2749 274 274 9670
		J.H. France Refractories Co., Cross Defendant	R. Bart Totten Adler Pollock & Sheehan PC Phone: +2747 274 274 7200 Fax: +3514 351 351 4607 E-Mail: btotten@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
		Rapid American, Cross Defendant	No attorney information is available for this party.
		Riley Stoker, Cross Defendant	Lisa R. Evangelista Cetrulo & Capone LLP Phone: +2747 274 274 7850 Fax: +2749 274 274 9670
			Lisa R. Evangelista Cetrulo & Capone LLP Phone: +2747 274 274 7850 Fax: +2749 274 274 9670

		Stone & Webster Engineering Corp., Cross Defendant	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	No attorney information is available for this party.
		United States Mineral Products Co., Cross Defendant	No attorney information is available for this party.
		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	7/11/1997
Origin	1
Reopened	None
Lead Case	None
Related Case
Other Court Case	none[]
Def Custody Status
Flags	CLOSED, MDL, RWL

--	Filed: 4/2/1997, Entered: 4/2/1997
	CASE assigned to Judge Raymond J. Pettine . Assigned to Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lovegreen (Price, R)

1	Filed: 4/2/1997, Entered: 4/2/1997
	COMPLAINT filed; FILING FEE $ 150.00 RECEIPT # 35289 (Price, R)

2	Filed: 6/6/1997, Entered: 6/6/1997, Terminated: 7/11/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by Westinghouse Elect (Attorney Thomas W. Lyons III),; jury demand (Price, R)

3	Filed: 6/6/1997, Entered: 6/6/1997
	ENTRY of appearance for Westinghouse Elect by Thomas W. Lyons (Price, R)

4	Filed: 6/12/1997, Entered: 6/12/1997, Terminated: 7/11/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by Grant Wilson (Attorney Paul V. Reynolds),; jury demand (Price, R)

5	Filed: 6/12/1997, Entered: 6/12/1997
	ENTRY of appearance for Stone & Webster by Robert B. Mitchell (Price, R)

6	Filed: 6/12/1997, Entered: 6/12/1997, Terminated: 7/11/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by Stone & Webster (Attorney Robert B. Mitchell ), (Price, R)

7	Filed: 6/19/1997, Entered: 6/19/1997, Terminated: 7/11/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to complaint; jury demand and CROSSCLAIM by Georgia Pacific (Attorney Lisa R. Evangelista) against ACandS, Inc., Eastern Refractories, Flintkote Company, Foster Wheeler Corp., Georgia Pacific, General Electric, Grant Wilson, J.H. France, John Crane, Inc., Rapid American, Riley Stoker, Stone & Webster, United States Minera, The H.B. Smith Co., Uniroyal, Inc., Westinghouse Elect, W.R. Grace & Company (Price, R)

8	Filed: 6/23/1997, Entered: 6/23/1997, Terminated: 7/11/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by Westinghouse Elect (Attorney Thomas W. Lyons ),; jury demand (Price, R)

9	Filed: 6/24/1997, Entered: 6/25/1997, Terminated: 7/29/1997	Terminated:
	MOTION by Stone & Webster for Robert B. Mitchell to Appear Pro Hac Vice (Price, R)

10	Filed: 6/30/1997, Entered: 6/30/1997, Terminated: 7/11/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by Uniroyal, Inc. to [7-2] cross claim (Price, R)

11	Filed: 7/1/1997, Entered: 7/1/1997
	ENTRY of appearance for W.R. Grace & Company by James J. McKenna (Price, R)

12	Filed: 7/1/1997, Entered: 7/1/1997, Terminated: 7/11/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by W.R. Grace & Company (Attorney James J. McKenna ),; jury demand (Price, R)

13	Filed: 7/1/1997, Entered: 7/1/1997, Terminated: 7/11/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by W.R. Grace & Company to [7-2] cross claim (Price, R)

14	Filed: 7/2/1997, Entered: 7/2/1997, Terminated: 7/11/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to complaint; jury demand and CROSSCLAIM by Riley Stoker (Attorney Lisa R. Evangelista) against ACandS, Inc., Eastern Refractories, Flintkote Company, Foster Wheeler Corp., Georgia Pacific, General Electric, Grant Wilson, J.H. France, John Crane, Inc., Rapid American, Riley Stoker, Stone & Webster, United States Minera, The H.B. Smith Co., Uniroyal, Inc., Westinghouse Elect, W.R. Grace & Company (Price, R)

15	Filed: 7/8/1997, Entered: 7/8/1997, Terminated: 7/11/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by Grant Wilson to [14-2] cross claim (Price, R)

16	Filed: 7/8/1997, Entered: 7/8/1997, Terminated: 7/11/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by Foster Wheeler Corp. (Attorney John R. Mahoney),; jury demand (Price, R)

17	Filed: 7/9/1997, Entered: 7/9/1997, Terminated: 7/11/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by W.R. Grace & Company to [14-2] cross claim (Price, R)

--	Filed: 7/11/1997, Entered: 7/14/1997	Terminated Case
	Case closed (Delano, D)

18	Filed: 7/11/1997, Entered: 7/14/1997	Order
	ORDER: No objection having been timely filed, the order to transfer this case to the Eastern District of PA for MDL is now effective. (signed by Patricia Howard, Clerk to MDL Panel) (Delano, D)

--	Filed: 7/14/1997, Entered: 7/14/1997
	Motion(s) referred: Motion for entry of appearance Pro Hac Vice for attorney Robert B. Mitchell referred to Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lovegreen. (Delano, D) Modified on 07/14/1997

19	Filed: 7/14/1997, Entered: 7/21/1997	Notice of Appearance
	ENTRY of appearance for Stone & Webster by James E. Purcell (Price, R)

20	Filed: 7/15/1997, Entered: 7/21/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by Eastern Refractories (Attorney William M. Heffernan), (Price, R)

21	Filed: 7/15/1997, Entered: 7/21/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by Uniroyal, Inc. (Attorney Fred A. Kelly Jr., Randall L. Souza, Dennis M. Duggan Jr., Melissa Bayer Tearney, Allison E. Picott),; jury demand (Price, R)

22	Filed: 7/16/1997, Entered: 7/21/1997	Crossclaim
	CROSSCLAIM by Foster Wheeler Corp. against Georgia Pacific (Price, R)

23	Filed: 7/17/1997, Entered: 7/21/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by Uniroyal, Inc. to [14-2] cross claim (Price, R)

24	Filed: 7/17/1997, Entered: 7/21/1997	Response in Opposition to Motion
	RESPONSE by Foster Wheeler Corp. in opposition to [7-2] cross claim (Price, R)

25	Filed: 7/23/1997, Entered: 7/23/1997
	ANSWER by W.R. Grace & Company to Crossclaim of Defendant Uniroyal, Inc. (Uniroyal however, never filed a crossclaim). (Price, R)

26	Filed: 7/23/1997, Entered: 7/23/1997
	ENTRY of appearance for Rapid American by John W. Kershaw (Price, R)

27	Filed: 7/23/1997, Entered: 7/23/1997
	ANSWER to Complaint by Rapid American (Attorney John W. Kershaw),; jury demand (Price, R)

28	Filed: 7/25/1997, Entered: 7/25/1997
	ANSWER to Complaint by J.H. France (Attorney Peter F. Mathieu),; jury demand (Price, R)

29	Filed: 7/29/1997, Entered: 7/29/1997
	ORDER granting [9-1] motion for Robert B. Mitchell to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( signed by Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lovegreen ) (Zinni, C)

30	Filed: 7/29/1997, Entered: 7/29/1997
	RESPONSE by Foster Wheeler Corp. in opposition to [14-2] cross claim (Price, R)

31	Filed: 7/31/1997, Entered: 7/31/1997
	ANSWER by Grant Wilson to Cross claim of Rapid American Corporation (Rapid however, has filed a crossclaim in this case). (Price, R)

32	Filed: 8/4/1997, Entered: 8/4/1997, Terminated: 8/4/1997	Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice
	MOTION by John Crane, Inc. for David H. Stillman to Appear Pro Hac Vice (Price, R)

33	Filed: 8/4/1997, Entered: 8/4/1997
	ANSWER by W.R. Grace & Company to Crossclaims of Rapid American Corporation (Rapid American however has not filed a crossclaim in this case) (Price, R)

--	Filed: 8/8/1997, Entered: 8/8/1997
	CASE reassigned to Judge Ronald R. Lagueux . Assigned to Magistrate Judge Judge k (Gilfillan, B)

34	Filed: 8/8/1997, Entered: 8/8/1997
	ANSWER to Complaint by United States Mineral and Entry of Appearance (Attorney Kenneth R. Neal),; jury demand (Price, R)

35	Filed: 8/8/1997, Entered: 8/8/1997
	ANSWER by Stone & Webster to [14-2] cross claim (Price, R)

36	Filed: 8/25/1997, Entered: 8/26/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by Stone & Webster to cross-claim of rapid american corp. (Burgess, J)

37	Filed: 9/9/1997, Entered: 9/9/1997
	ANSWER to Complaint by Flintkote Company (Attorney ),; jury demand (Gilfillan, B)

38	Filed: 9/18/1997, Entered: 9/30/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER to Complaint by Flintkote Company (Attorney Elizabeth M. Fahey),; jury demand (Burgess, J)

39	Filed: 9/29/1997, Entered: 9/30/1997	Answer to Complaint
	ANSWER by Foster Wheeler Corp. to crossclaim of rapid-american corp. (Burgess, J)

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

41	Filed: 5/14/1998, Entered: 5/21/1998, Terminated: 6/15/1998	Terminated:
	MOTION by Grant Wilson to Dismiss (Barletta, B)

42	Filed: 6/2/1998, Entered: 6/11/1998	Order
	ORDER (MDL) granting dismissal of Stone & Webster (Barletta, B)

43	Filed: 6/15/1998, Entered: 6/15/1998
	ORDER granting [41-1] motion to Dismiss () (Barletta, B)

44	Filed: 12/3/1998, Entered: 12/7/1998	Notice of Appearance
	ENTRY of appearance for Flintkote Company by William T. Purdue (Barletta, B)

45	Filed: 12/3/1998, Entered: 12/7/1998	Remark
	Withdrawal of appearance by Elizabeth M. Fahey for Flintkote. (Barletta, B)

46	Filed: 2/8/2000, Entered: 2/10/2000	Notice of Appearance
	ENTRY of appearance for J.H. France, J.H. France, J.H. France by Mark O. Denehy, Peter Lawson Kennedy, Victoria Almeida, R. Bart Totten (Barletta, B)

47	Filed: 4/27/2001, Entered: 5/2/2001	Order
	ORDER of Dismissal as to WR Grace & Co. (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: 1/6/2004, Entered: 1/6/2004
	Withdrawal of atty. David Stillman and ENTRY of appearance for John Crane, Inc. by David A. Salvatore (Webb, J)

50	Filed: 5/24/2004, Entered: 6/4/2004	Notice (Other)
	NOTICE of withdrawal of appearance by David Salvatore for John Crane, Inc., John Crane, Inc., John Crane, Inc. (Barletta, B)

51	Filed: 5/24/2004, Entered: 6/4/2004	Notice of Appearance
	ENTRY of appearance for John Crane, Inc., John Crane, Inc., John Crane, Inc. by David H. Stillman (Barletta, B)

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)

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