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Case Information: 2024-000524
Court:	Court of Appeals	Classification:	Appeal - Common Pleas - Other
Short Title:	John Tibbs v. Asbestos Corporation Limited (8)	Case Status:	Petition for Certiorari Pending
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Filed Date:	03/19/2024	Oral Argument Date:
Disposition Date:	04/17/2024	Disposition Type:	Order
Remittitur Date:
Lower Court or Tribunal:	Richland (2023CP4001759)

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

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,

and

Cape PLC, individually and as successor in interest to Cape Asbestos Company Limited, by and through its duly appointed Receiver Peter D. Protopapas, Third-Party Plaintiff, Respondent,

v.

Anglo American PLC, individually and as successor in interest to Anglo American Corporation of South Africa LTD., De Beers PLC, individually and as successor in interest to De Beers S.A., De Beers Centenary AG, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd., n/k/a De Beers Consolidated Mines Proprietary Ltd., De Beers UK Ltd., De Beers Jewellers LTD., De Beers Jewellers US, Inc., Anglo American US Holdings Inc., Element Six US Corp., Element Six Technologies US Corp., Element Six Technologies (OR) Corp., First Mode Holdings, Inc., Platinum Guild International (U.S.A.) Jewelry Inc., Lightbox Jewelry Inc., Forevermark US Inc., Anglo American Crop Nutrients (U.S.A.) LLC, Charter Consolidated Ltd., ESAB Corporation, Central Mining & Investment Corporation Ltd., Cape Holdco Ltd., The Law Debenture Corporation PLC, Cape Industrial Services Group Ltd., Mohed Altrad, Altrad UK Ltd., Cape UK Holdings Newco Ltd., Altrad Services, Ltd., f/k/a Cape Industrial Services Ltd., Altrad Investment Authority S.A.S., Sparrows Offshore Group Ltd., Hawk Bidco US Inc., ArranCo US, LLC, Sparrows Offshore, LLC, and The Sparrows Group, LLC, Third-Party Defendants,

Of which Mohed Altrad, Altrad Investment Authority SAS, ArranCo US, LLC, Hawk Bidco (US) Inc., Sparrows Offshore, LLC, Charter Consolidated Ltd., ESAB Corporation, and Central Mining & Investment Corporation Ltd. are the Appellants.

- Party Information
Appellate Role	Party Name	Former	Attorney(s)
Appellant	Altrad Investment Authority S.A.S.	N	Matthew Todd Carroll Kevin A. Hall Mary Elizabeth O'Neill
Appellant	Mohed Altrad	N	Matthew Todd Carroll Kevin A. Hall Mary Elizabeth O'Neill
Appellant	ArranCo US, LLC	N	Steven James Pugh Benjamin Palmer Carlton Carmen Vaughn Ganjehsani Ashwin Ray Sanzgiri
Appellant	Central Mining & Investment Corporation Ltd.	N	A. Victor Rawl, Jr.
Appellant	Charter Consolidated Ltd.	N	A. Victor Rawl, Jr.
Appellant	ESAB Corporation	N	A. Victor Rawl, Jr.
Appellant	Hawk Bidco US, Inc.	N	Steven James Pugh Benjamin Palmer Carlton Carmen Vaughn Ganjehsani Ashwin Ray Sanzgiri
Appellant	Sparrows Offshore, LLC	N	Steven James Pugh Benjamin Palmer Carlton Carmen Vaughn Ganjehsani Ashwin Ray Sanzgiri
Respondent	Peter D. Protopapas	N	John Thomas Lay, Jr. Gray Thomas Culbreath Lindsay Anne Joyner Laura Watkins Jordan Eleanor Lasseigne Jones Jonathan M. Robinson Shanon N. Peake G. Murrell Smith, Jr.

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Event Information
Filed Date	Event Information	Doc
06/02/2026	Correspondence - Incoming (Supreme Court Order)
08/29/2024	Correspondence - Outgoing (No Longer Held in Abeyance)
08/13/2024	Correspondence - Incoming (Copy of Order Granting 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)
06/04/2024	Correspondence - Incoming (Copy of Supreme Court Initial Letter)
06/04/2024	Correspondence - Incoming (Copy of Petition for Writ of Certiorari Filed in Supreme Court - ArranCo, Hawk Bidco, and Sparrows Offshore)
06/04/2024	Correspondence - Incoming (Copy of Petition for Writ of Certiorari Filed in Supreme Court - Central Mining, Charter Consolidated, and ESAB Corp.)
05/03/2024	Rehearings - Denied
05/02/2024	Rehearing - Petition for Rehearing (Charter, ESAB, and Central Mining)
05/02/2024	Rehearing - Petition for Rehearing (Altrad)
05/02/2024	Rehearing - Petition for Rehearing (Arranco, Hawk Bidco, and Sparrows Offshore)
04/17/2024	Dispositional Decision - Order (Respondent's Motion to Dismiss)
04/16/2024	Motion - Respondent's Reply to Returns to Motion to Dismiss
04/12/2024	Correspondence - Outgoing (No Action on Appellants' Extension Requests to File Returns; Time Set for Respondent's Reply)
04/12/2024	Correspondence - Outgoing (Multiple Notices of Appeal Received Letter)
04/11/2024	Correspondence - Incoming (Appellants Charter Cons., ESAB Consolidated, and Central Mining's Reply to Return to Extension Requests)
04/11/2024	Correspondence - Incoming (Appellants Mohed Altrad and Altrad Investments Reply to Return to Extension Requests)
04/11/2024	Motion - Appellants Charter Consolidated Ltd., ESAB Corp., and Central Mining's Return to Respondent's Motion to Dismiss
04/11/2024	Motion - Appellants Mohed Altrad and Altrad Investment's Return to Respondent's Motion to Dismiss
04/11/2024	Motion - Appellants ArranCo US, LLC, Hawk Bidco (US) Inc, and Sparrows Offshore, LLC Return to Respondent's Motion to Dismiss
04/10/2024	Correspondence - Incoming (Respondent's Return to Extension Requests)
04/10/2024	Correspondence - Incoming (Appellants ArranCo, Hawk Bidco, and Sparrows Offshore's Extension Request)
04/10/2024	Correspondence - Incoming (Appellants Mohed Altrad and Altrad Investment's Extension Request)
04/09/2024	Correspondence - Incoming (Appellants Charter Cons., ESAB Corp., and Central Mining's Extension Request)
04/01/2024	Motion - Respondent's Motion to Dismiss
03/19/2024	Notice of Appeal (Civil) - Second or Subsequent (Charter Consolidated Ltd., ESAB Corporation, and Central Mining)
03/19/2024	Notice of Appeal (Civil) - Second or Subsequent (ArranCo US, LLC, Hawk Bidco (US) Inc., and Sparrows Offshore, LLC)
03/19/2024	Notice of Appeal (Civil) - Initial (M. Altrad and Altrad Investment)