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Case Information: 2025-002121
Court:	Supreme Court	Classification:	Orig. Jur. and Writs - Extraordinary Writ - Public Access
Short Title:	John A. Tibbs, et al. v. 3M Company, et al. (Charter)	Case Status:	Held in Abeyance
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Filed Date:	10/20/2025	Oral Argument Date:
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Lower Court or Tribunal:	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; Fluor Enterprises, Inc.; FMC Corporation; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; Gardner Denver Nash, LLC; General Boiler Casing Company, Inc.; General able 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; 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; 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, Incl; 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; and Zurn Industries, LLC, Defendants,

and

Cape PLC, individually and as successor in iterest 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 Charter Consolidated Ltd., ESAB Corporation, and Central Mining & Investment Corporation Ltd. are the Petitioners.

- Party Information
Appellate Role	Party Name	Former	Attorney(s)
Appellant	Altrad Investment Authority SAS	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
Defendant	Asbestos Corporation Limited	N	Stephen Lynwood Brown James D. Gandy, III Stephen Augustus Griffith, Jr.
Petitioner	Charter Consolidated Ltd., ESAB Corporation, and Central Mining and Invesment Corporation, Ltd.	N	A. Victor Rawl, Jr.
Plaintiff	John A. Tibbs	N	Theile Branham McVey John D. Kassel Jamie Rae Rutkoski Charles William Branham, III Kevin W. Paul David Christopher Humen
Plaintiff	Margaret B. Tibbs	N	Theile Branham McVey John D. Kassel Jamie Rae Rutkoski Charles William Branham, III Kevin W. Paul David Christopher Humen
Respondent	Cape PLC	N	George Murrell Smith, Jr. John Thomas Lay, Jr. Gray Thomas Culbreath Lindsay Anne Joyner Eleanor Lasseigne Jones Jonathan M. Robinson Shanon N. Peake
Third Party Defendant	ArranCo US, LLD; Hawk Bidco (US) Inc.; and Sparrows Offshore LLC	N	Steven James Pugh Benjamin Palmer Carlton Carmen Vaughn Ganjehsani Ashwin Ray Sanzgiri

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Event Information
Filed Date	Event Information	Doc
11/20/2025	Correspondence - Outgoing (Order Only)
11/20/2025	Non-Dispositional Decision - Order
11/14/2025	Motion - Reply to Motion to Strike
11/14/2025	Correspondence - Outgoing email sending out letter to return filing fee check
11/14/2025	Correspondence - Outgoing letter returning $50 filing fee for Motion to exceed page limits
11/14/2025	Correspondence - Incoming letter enclosing check
11/12/2025	Correspondence - Incoming First Supplemental Appendix (Charter)
11/12/2025	Petition for Extraordinary Writ/Relief and Responses - Charter's Reply in support of their Petition for Extraordinary Writs
11/12/2025	Petition for Extraordinary Writ/Relief and Responses - Altrad's Reply in support of their Petition for Extraordinary Writ and certiorari
11/07/2025	Motion - Exceed Page Limit by Receiver in return to prohibition and certiorari
11/07/2025	Motion - Return of Charter to Motion to Strike
11/07/2025	Motion - Return of Altrad to Motion to Strike
11/07/2025	Petition for Extraordinary Writ/Relief and Responses - Joint Return of the Receiver
11/07/2025	Petition for Extraordinary Writ/Relief and Responses - Return to Writ of Prohibition and Writ of Certiorari (Tibbs)
11/07/2025	Petition for Extraordinary Writ/Relief and Responses - Return to Writ of Prohibition and Writ of Certiorari (Cape PLC)
11/04/2025	Correspondence - Outgoing email sending out extension order
11/04/2025	Non-Dispositional Decision - Extension Granted (Receiver)
11/03/2025	Motion - Amended Motion to Strike petitioners responses to motion to extend briefing deadlines
11/03/2025	Motion - Strike petitioners' responses to motion to extend briefing deadlines
10/31/2025	Motion - Extension of Time (1st) Receiver
10/31/2025	Petition for Extraordinary Writ/Relief and Responses - Addendum to Petition
10/30/2025	Correspondence - Outgoing email to all counsel that any reply should be filed by Nov. 12
10/30/2025	Correspondence - Incoming to extension request filed by Altad
10/30/2025	Correspondence - Incoming response by Charter to the extension request
10/29/2025	Correspondence - Outgoing sending out extension order
10/29/2025	Non-Dispositional Decision - Extension Granted
10/29/2025	Correspondence - Incoming Joint Notice to Court on status of Appeal in Court of Appeals
10/29/2025	Correspondence - Incoming from Charter petitioners to file a return to the extension
10/29/2025	Correspondence - Incoming advising that return to motion for extension will be filed tomorrow
10/29/2025	Motion - Extension of Time (1st) to file return to prohibition or certiorari
10/22/2025	Correspondence - Outgoing email advising any returns due in 10 days
10/20/2025	Petition for Extraordinary Writ/Relief and Responses - Petition