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Case Information: 2023-001461
Court:	Supreme Court	Classification:	Appeal - Common Pleas - Other
Short Title:	John A. Tibbs v. Asbestos Corporation Limited	Case Status:	Decision Pending
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Filed Date:	09/13/2023	Oral Argument Date:	02/11/2025 10:30 AM
Disposition Date:		Disposition Type:
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Lower Court or Tribunal:	Richland (2023CP4001759)

John A. Tibbs and Margaret B. Tibbs, Respondents,

v.

3M Company; 4520 Corp., Inc.; A.O. Smith Corporation; A.W. Chesterton Company; ABB Inc.; Air & Liquid Systems Corporation; Aiw-2010 Wind Down Corp.; Amentum Environment & Energy, Inc.; Anchor/Darling Valve Company; Armstrong International, Inc.; Asbestos Corporation Limited; ASCO, L.P.; Atlas Asbestos Co; Atlas Turner, Inc.; AWT Air Company, Inc.; Bahnson, Inc.; Banner Industries International, Inc.; Banner Industries, LLC; Banner Industries Of N.E., Inc.; Barretts Minerals Inc.; Beaty Investments, Inc.; Bechtel Corporation; The Bonitz Company; Brand Insulations, Inc.; BW/IP Inc.; Canvas Ct, LLC; Cape PLC; Carboline Company; CB&I Laurens, Inc.; Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.; Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc.; Copes-Vulcan, Inc.; Covil Corporation; Crane Instrumentation & Sampling, Inc.; Crosby Valve, LLC; Daniel International Corporation; Davis Mechanical Contractors, Inc.; Dezurik, Inc.; Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Duke Energy Corporation; Eaton Corporation; Ellington Insulation Company, Inc.; Emerson Electric Co.; Fisher Controls International LLC; Flame Refractories, Inc.; Flowserve Corporation; Flowserve US Inc.; Fluor Constructors International; Fluor Constructors International, Inc.; Fluor Daniel Services Corporation; Fluor Enterprises, Inc.; FMC Corporation; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; Gardner Denver Nash, LLC; General Boiler Casing Company, Inc.; General Cable Corporation; General Cable Industries, Inc.; General Electric Company; Gould Electronics Inc.; Goulds Pumps, Incorporated; Goulds Pumps LLC; Great Barrier Insulation Co.; Grinnell LLC; Hajoca Corporation; Howden North America Inc.; HPC Industrial Services, LLC; IMO Industries Inc.; ITT LLC; Joy Global Underground Mining LLC; K-Mac Services Incorporated; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Mine Safety Appliances Company, LLC; MP Supply, Inc.; The Nash Engineering Company; Occidental Chemical Corporation; Paramount Global; Patterson Pump Company; PECW Holding Company; Pfizer Inc.; Piedmont Insulation, Inc.; Plastics Engineering Company; Presnell Insulation Co., Inc.; Redco Corporation; Riley Power Inc.; Rockwell Automation, Inc.; RSCC Wire & Cable LLC; Schneider Electric USA, Inc.; Sequoia Ventures Inc.; Spirax Sarco, Inc.; SPX Corporation; Stafford Insulation Company; Standard Insulation Company Of N. C., Inc.; Starr Davis Company, Inc.; Starr Davis Company Of S.C., Inc.; Sterling Fluid Systems (USA) LLC; TE Wire & Cable LLC; Thermo Electric Company, Inc.; Union Carbide Corporation; Valves And Controls Us, Inc.; Velan Valve Corp.; Viking Pump, Inc.; Vistra Intermediate Company LLC; The William Powell Company Wind Up, Ltd.; Yuba Heat Transfer LLC; Zurn Industries, LLC, Defendants,

Of which Asbestos Corporation Limited is the Appellant.

- Party Information
Appellate Role	Party Name	Former	Attorney(s)
Appellant	Asbestos Corporation Limited	N	Stephen Lynwood Brown Russell Grainger Hines James D. Gandy, III Graydon V. Olive, IV
Respondent	Peter Demos Protopapas	N	George Murrell Smith, Jr. Shanon N. Peake Jonathan M. Robinson John Kenneth Chandler
Respondent	John A. Tibbs	N	Theile Branham McVey Jamie Rae Rutkoski (Former) Aaron Daniel Chapman (Former) David Christopher Humen (Former) Charles William Branham, III Todd Barnes Ka'Leya Q. Hardin
Respondent	Margaret B. Tibbs	N	Theile Branham McVey Jamie Rae Rutkoski (Former) Aaron Daniel Chapman (Former) David Christopher Humen (Former) Charles William Branham, III Todd Barnes Ka'Leya Q. Hardin
Other Participants
Amicus Curiae	Certain London Market Insurance Companies	N	Theodore Luke Manos
Amicus Curiae	Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London	N	Theodore Luke Manos

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Filed Date	Event Information	Doc
11/03/2025	Correspondence - Incoming (Bankruptcy Court Order Filed 10/30/25)
05/20/2025	Correspondence - Incoming (Bankruptcy Court Order Granting Provisional Relief)
05/20/2025	Correspondence - Incoming (Amici curiae notification of May 20 Provisional Relief Order)
05/19/2025	Correspondence - Incoming (Tibb's Response to Court's 5/8 Letter)
05/16/2025	Correspondence - Incoming (ACL's Response to Court's 5/8 Letter)
05/12/2025	Correspondence - Incoming (Replacement ACL Order: Temporary Restraining Order)
05/08/2025	Correspondence - Outgoing (Response Requested)
05/07/2025	Correspondence - Incoming (Stay Submission)
03/28/2025	Correspondence - Incoming (Address Change for Dean Omar Branham Shirley, LLP)
03/04/2025	Correspondence - Incoming (Letter)
03/04/2025	Correspondence - Incoming (US District Court Order Granting Motion to Remand)
02/24/2025	Correspondence - Incoming (Other)
02/21/2025	Supplemental Citations - Received
02/21/2025	Correspondence - Incoming (Letter)
02/11/2025	Oral Argument - Oral Argument Held
02/10/2025	Non-Dispositional Decision - Order
02/10/2025	Motion - Return
02/10/2025	Motion - Appear Pro Hac Vice
02/10/2025	Supplemental Citations - Received (Fifth)
02/07/2025	Supplemental Citations - Received (Fourth)
02/07/2025	Supplemental Citations - Received (Third)
02/05/2025	Supplemental Citations - Received (Second)
01/28/2025	Motion - Reply
01/27/2025	Correspondence - Incoming (MCVEY and ROBINSON SPLITTING RESPONDENTS TIME)
01/27/2025	Supplemental Citations - Received (First)
01/27/2025	Motion - Receiver's Return
01/21/2025	Correspondence - Incoming (Filing fee on the way for amicus filed motion)
01/16/2025	Motion - Allow Amicus Curiae to Participate in Oral Argument
01/09/2025	Correspondence - Outgoing (Time Limit Letter)
11/14/2024	Non-Dispositional Decision - Order Consolidating with Welch for Oral Argument
10/21/2024	Motion - Return (Receiver's Return)
10/15/2024	Motion - Consolidate (ACL) with Welch v. Advanced
10/03/2024	Transfer - To Supreme Court
10/03/2024	Correspondence - Incoming (Supreme Court Order Granting Motion to Certify)
09/30/2024	Brief - Amicus Reply (10 copies)
09/24/2024	Correspondence - Incoming (Copy of Appellant's Motion to Certify to Supreme Court)
08/29/2024	Correspondence - Outgoing (No Longer Held in Abeyance)
08/13/2024	Correspondence - Incoming (Copy of Order Granting Motion to Remand)
07/03/2024	Correspondence - Outgoing (Appeal Held in Abeyance)
07/02/2024	Correspondence - Incoming (Regarding Notice of Removal)
07/01/2024	Correspondence - Incoming (Copy of Notice of Removal)
06/18/2024	Non-Dispositional Decision - Order (Motion - Appear as Amicus Curiae)
05/21/2024	Final Brief - Reply (10 copies)
05/21/2024	Final Brief - Appellant (10 copies)
05/21/2024	Final Brief - Respondents John Tibbs and Margaret Tibbs (10 copies)
05/20/2024	Final Brief - Respondent Peter D. Protopapas (10 copies)
05/03/2024	Record - Record on Appeal Filed (10 copies)
05/03/2024	Record - Proof of Service of Record on Appeal
05/01/2024	Correspondence - Incoming (Notice of Appearance - Graydon V. Olive, IV, Esquire)
04/26/2024	Brief - Amicus (Lloyd's London)(10 copies)
04/26/2024	Motion - Appear as Amicus Curiae
04/02/2024	Correspondence - Outgoing (One Bound Copy Letter)
04/01/2024	Initial Brief - Reply
03/25/2024	Designation of Matter - Designation of Matter Filed (Respondent Peter D. Protopapas)
03/25/2024	Initial Brief - Respondent (Peter D. Protopapas)
03/22/2024	Designation of Matter - Designation of Matter Filed (Respondents John Tibbs and Margaret Tibbs)
03/22/2024	Initial Brief - Respondents (John Tibbs and Margaret Tibbs)
03/01/2024	Correspondence - Outgoing (Letter Setting Timeline)
03/01/2024	Correspondence - Outgoing (Caption Letter)
02/23/2024	Correspondence - Outgoing (Letter of Deconsolidation of NOAs)
02/22/2024	Designation of Matter - Designation of Matter Filed (Appellant)
02/22/2024	Initial Brief - Appellant
02/09/2024	Non-Dispositional Decision - Order (Motions to Appear Pro Hac Vice)
02/05/2024	Non-Dispositional Decision - Order (Motions to Intervene, Clarify, Add Protopapas, Stay, Dismiss Stay and Supplement Record/Sanctions)
01/23/2024	Correspondence - Outgoing (Letter Setting Timeline - Appellants' Initial Briefs Due)
01/23/2024	Transcript Documents - Transcript Delivered - Direct Appeal
01/23/2024	Transcript Documents - Transcript Ordered
01/17/2024	Non-Dispositional Decision - Withdrawn or Ended (Motions for Extension - Appellants' Initial Briefs)
01/17/2024	Correspondence - Outgoing (Multiple Notices of Appeal Received)
01/12/2024	Motion - Extension of Time (1st) (Appellant's Initial Briefs)
01/02/2024	Motion - Reply - Supplement Record and for Sanctions for Fraud on the Court
01/02/2024	Correspondence - Incoming (Clarification Letter from Stephen L. Brown)
12/21/2023	Motion - Return - Supplement Record and for Sanctions for Fraud on the Court
12/15/2023	Correspondence - Incoming (Respondent's Return to Request to Set Briefing Schedule)
12/14/2023	Correspondence - Incoming (Regarding Ka'Leya Hardin Pro Hac Vice)
12/13/2023	Motion - Appear Pro Hac Vice (Ke'Leya Hardin)
12/13/2023	Motion - Appear Pro Hac Vice (Todd Barnes)
12/12/2023	Correspondence - Incoming (Response to Appellant's Request to Withdraw Motion from Receiver)
12/11/2023	Motion - Supplement Record and for Sanctions for Fraud on the Court
12/08/2023	Correspondence - Outgoing (Response Timeline to Appellant's Request to Withdraw Motion)
12/07/2023	Correspondence - Incoming (Appellant's Request to Withdraw Motion for Supersedeas)
12/04/2023	Motion - No Reply - Extension of Time (2nd) (Appellant's Initial Brief)
12/04/2023	Motion - No Return - Correct Designation of Peter D. Protopapas
12/04/2023	Motion - Return - Stay / Supersedeas (including lifting of automatic stay)
12/04/2023	Motion - Dismiss Motion for Supersedeas
11/29/2023	Motion - Reply to Return to Motion to Intervene and Motion to Clarify and Enforce
11/22/2023	Correspondence - Outgoing (Requesting Return to Motion to Stay)
11/22/2023	Motion - Return - Extension of Time (2nd) (Appellant's Initial Brief)
11/22/2023	Motion - Stay / Supersedeas (including lifting of automatic stay)
11/20/2023	Motion - Return - Intervene
11/20/2023	Motion - Correct Designation of Peter D. Protopapas
11/20/2023	Correspondence - Incoming (Notice of Appearance)
11/20/2023	Motion - Extension of Time (2nd) (Appellant's Initial Brief)
11/13/2023	Motion - Clarify and Enforce Rule 205
11/13/2023	Motion - Intervene
10/27/2023	Non-Dispositional Decision - Extension Granted (Appellant's Initial Brief)
10/18/2023	Motion - Extension of Time (1st) (Appellant's Initial Brief)
09/28/2023	Transcript Documents - Transcript Delivered - Direct Appeal
09/19/2023	Correspondence - Outgoing (Letter - Notice of Appeal Initial Letter)
09/19/2023	Transcript Documents - Transcript Ordered
09/13/2023	Notice of Appeal (Civil) - Initial