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Case Information: 2025-002104
Court:Supreme CourtClassification:Appeal - Common Pleas - Other
Short Title:John A. Tibbs v. Asbestos Corporation Limited (15)Case Status:Petition for Rehearing Pending
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Filed Date:10/14/2025Oral Argument Date:02/25/2026 10:00 AM
Disposition Date:05/27/2026Disposition Type:Opinion
Remittitur Date:
Lower Court or Tribunal:Richland (2023CP4001759)

- Party Information
Appellate RoleParty NameFormerAttorney(s)
AppellantAltrad Investment Authority S.A.S.NMatthew Todd Carroll
Kevin A. Hall
Mary Elizabeth O'Neill
AppellantMohed AltradNMatthew Todd Carroll
Kevin A. Hall
Mary Elizabeth O'Neill
AppellantCentral Mining & Investment Corporation Ltd.NA. Victor Rawl, Jr.
William James Blount
AppellantCharter Consolidated Ltd.NA. Victor Rawl, Jr.
William James Blount
AppellantESAB CorporationNA. Victor Rawl, Jr.
William James Blount
RespondentCape PLCNJonathan M. Robinson
Shanon N. Peake
John Thomas Lay, Jr.
Gray Thomas Culbreath
Lindsay Anne Joyner
Eleanor Lasseigne Jones
Troy S. Brown
Lauren McCulloch Semlinger
Paul A. Scrudato
George Murrell Smith, Jr.
RespondentJohn A. TibbsNTheile Branham McVey
John D. Kassel
Jamie Rae Rutkoski
Charles William Branham, III
Kevin W. Paul (Former)
David Christopher Humen
RespondentMargaret B. TibbsNTheile Branham McVey
John D. Kassel
Jamie Rae Rutkoski
Charles William Branham, III
Kevin W. Paul (Former)
David Christopher Humen
Other Participants
Amicus CuriaeAsbestos VictimsNWilliam Camden Lewis
Terry E. Richardson, Jr.
Robert W. Cowan, Esq
Amicus CuriaeBeattie B. AshmoreNSelf Represented
Amicus CuriaeDovers, LLCNThomas Ashley Limehouse, Jr.
Amicus CuriaeGoulds Pumps, LLCNThomas Ashley Limehouse, Jr.
Amicus CuriaeITT, LLCNThomas Ashley Limehouse, Jr.
Amicus CuriaeMaune, Raichle, Hartley, French & Mudd, LLCNJoshua Drew Cagle
Amicus CuriaeMeirowitz & Wasserberg, LLPNKush A. Shukla
Amicus CuriaeMotley Rice, LLCNJames Ledlie
Amicus CuriaeNational Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, PANWesley Brian Sawyer
Amicus CuriaeNew-Indy Containerboard, LLCNJenna Brooke Kiziah McGee
Amicus CuriaeRentavla, LLCNThomas Ashley Limehouse, Jr.
Amicus CuriaeRogers, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLCNKenneth J. Wilson
Amicus CuriaeSanta Fe Braun, Inc.NThomas Ashley Limehouse, Jr.
Amicus CuriaeVelvet V CorporationNThomas Ashley Limehouse, Jr.

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Event Information
Filed DateEvent InformationDoc
06/11/2026Rehearing - Petition for Rehearing (Altrad)
06/11/2026Rehearing - Petition for Rehearing (Charter)
05/27/2026Dispositional Decision - Opinion
05/15/2026Correspondence - Incoming (Altrad Letter and Copy of Park Order)
05/14/2026Supplemental Citations - Response
05/08/2026Supplemental Citations - Received (Third)
04/30/2026Supplemental Citations - Received (Second)
03/30/2026Supplemental Citations - Reply to Letters in Opposition to Supplemental Citations
03/27/2026Supplemental Citations - Response (Receiver)
03/27/2026Supplemental Citations - Response (Respondent)
03/27/2026Correspondence - Outgoing (No Action Letter)
03/26/2026Supplemental Citations - Received (Appellant)
03/25/2026Correspondence - Incoming (Motion Challenging Subject Matter Jurisdiction and Fraud filed by Fink and Kennedy)
02/25/2026Oral Argument - Oral Argument Held
02/23/2026Brief - Amicus Reply (Charter and Altrad's Response to Asbestos Victims)
02/23/2026Brief - Amicus Reply (Charter and Altrad's Response to Beattie Ashmore)
02/20/2026Correspondence - Incoming (Amicus Support from The Forestry Association of South Carolina)
02/19/2026Brief - Amicus Reply (Joint Altrad and Charter in Response to Santa Fe Braun, et al)(6 copies)
02/17/2026Correspondence - Incoming (JOHN T. LAY arguing for Receiver/Respondents)
02/17/2026Brief - Amicus Reply (From Charter in Response to New-Indy)(6 copies)
02/17/2026Brief - Amicus Reply (From Altrad in Response to New-Indy)
02/13/2026Brief - Amicus Reply (From Receiver in Response to NUFI)(6 copies)
02/12/2026Correspondence - Incoming (TODD CARROLL presenting for Altrad (Appellant))
02/12/2026Correspondence - Incoming (VICTOR RAWL arguing for Appellants)
02/12/2026Correspondence - Incoming (THEILE MCVEY arguing for Respondents (Tibbs))
02/12/2026Non-Dispositional Decision - Order Granting Amicus for Beattie B. Ashmore
02/12/2026Non-Dispositional Decision - Order Granting Amicus for Asbestos Victims
02/11/2026Brief - Amicus (Beattie B. Ashmore)(6 copies)
02/11/2026Motion - Appear as Amicus Curiae (Beattie B. Ashmore)
02/10/2026Brief - Amicus (Asbestos Victims)(6 copies)
02/10/2026Motion - Appear as Amicus Curiae (Asbestos Victims)
02/09/2026Brief - Altrad's Reply to Motley Rice, LLC, et al. Amicus Brief (6 copies)
02/09/2026Non-Dispositional Decision - Order Granting Amicus Motion
02/09/2026Brief - Charter's Amicus Reply to Motley Rice, LLC, et al. Amicus Brief (6 copies)
02/06/2026Brief - Amicus (Santa Fe Braun, et al.)(6 copies)
02/06/2026Motion - Appear as Amicus Curiae (Santa Fe Braun, et al.)
02/04/2026Non-Dispositional Decision - Order Granting Amicus
02/04/2026Non-Dispositional Decision - Order Granting Amicus
01/30/2026Brief - Amicus (New-Indy Containerboard, LLC)(6 copies)
01/30/2026Motion - Appear as Amicus Curiae (New-Indy Containerboard, LLC)
01/30/2026Brief - Amicus (National Union Fire Insurance)(6 Copies)
01/30/2026Motion - Appear as Amicus Curiae (National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, PA)
01/28/2026Non-Dispositional Decision - Order Granting Motion for Amicus
01/22/2026Correspondence - Outgoing (Time Limit Letter)
01/12/2026Final Brief - Briefing and Record Complete
01/09/2026Final Brief - Respondent (Cape LLC)(AMENDED)(6 copies)
01/06/2026Final Brief - Reply (Charter)(10 copies)
01/06/2026Final Brief - Reply (Altrad)(10 copies)
01/06/2026Correspondence - Outgoing (Notification to counsel of bound copies needed)
01/05/2026Correspondence - Incoming (Letter re: Expedited Oral Argument)
01/05/2026Record - Supplemental (6 copies)
12/31/2025Non-Dispositional Decision - Order Granting Motion - Clarification on Briefing Schedule and Citations to Supplemental Record on Appeal (6day extension)
12/30/2025Designation of Matter - Designation of Matter Filed (Cape)
12/30/2025Brief - Amicus (Motley Rice, LLC et al.)(10 copies)
12/30/2025Motion - Appear as Amicus Curiae
12/30/2025Record - Final Appendix To Record on Appeal (6 copies)
12/30/2025Final Brief - Respondent (Tibbs Final Response Brief)(10 copies)
12/29/2025Motion - Return
12/23/2025Motion - Clarification on Briefing Schedule and Citations to Supplemental Record on Appeal (6day extension)
12/10/2025Final Brief - Appellant (Charter) (10 copies)
12/10/2025Record - Record on Appeal Filed
12/10/2025Final Brief - Appellant (Altrad)(10 copies)
11/26/2025Non-Dispositional Decision - Briefing Schedule
11/26/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Response to Court's Order)
11/20/2025Transfer - To Supreme Court
11/20/2025Non-Dispositional Decision - Order Certifying To Supreme Court
11/20/2025Rehearing - Return
11/17/2025Motion - Return to Motion to Strike (ESAB)
11/17/2025Motion - Return to Motion to Strike (Altrad)
11/14/2025Motion - Motion to Hold Deadline in Abeyance
11/10/2025Correspondence - Outgoing (Request for Return to Petitions for Rehearing)
11/06/2025Motion - Strike
11/04/2025Rehearing - Appellants' Petition for Rehearing (Charter Cons.)
11/04/2025Rehearing - Appellants' Petition for Rehearing (Altrad)
10/20/2025Dispositional Decision - Order Granting Motion - Respondent's Motion to Dismiss
10/15/2025Motion - Respondent's Motion to Dismiss
10/14/2025Notice of Appeal (Civil) - Initial (Charter Cons.)
10/14/2025Notice of Appeal (Civil) - Initial (Altrad)