Rushton v. AW Chesterton Company et al, No. 2:2022cv00500 - Document 86 (W.D. Wash. 2023)

Court Description: ORDER granting Parties' 85 Stipulated Motion to Dismiss Party. All claims against Defendant CLEAVER-BROOKS INC., only, are hereby dismissed without prejudice and without costs or attorney fees as to any party. Signed by Judge Barbara J. Rothstein. (SB)

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1 The Honorable Barbara J. Rothstein 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 11 MARTHA RUSHTON, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of GLEN O. RUSHTON, JR., Deceased, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 Case No. 2:22-cv-00500-BJR STIPULATION AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL FOR DEFENDANT CLEAVER-BROOKS INC. ONLY v. A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 STIPULATION 17 18 Plaintiff Martha Rushton and Defendant Cleaver-Brooks Inc. (identified in the Complaint 19 as “Clever Brooks, Inc., a Delaware Corporation with its principal place of business in the State 20 of Georgia”), by and through their counsel of record, jointly stipulate that all claims against 21 Defendant CLEAVER-BROOKS INC., only, may be dismissed without prejudice and without 22 costs and/or attorney fees as to either party, reserving to Plaintiff her claims against the other 23 parties. 24 STIPULATED AND AGREED TO this 17th day of November, 2023. 25 26 STIPULATION AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL AS TO DEFENDANT CLEAVER-BROOKS INC. ONLY - 1 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP Attorneys at Law 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2800 Seattle, WA 98101 +1.206.274.6400 1 Dated 17th of November, 2023 Dated 17th of November, 2023 2 WATERS, KRAUS & PAUL MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP By: /s/ Susan Ulrich Susan Ulrich, WSBA #54568 Charles E.J. Phipps, Pro Hac Vice 222 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 1900 El Segundo, CA 90245 Phone: (310) 414-8146 sulrich@waterskraus.com cphipps@waterskraus.com By: /s/ Marisa L. Berlinger Marisa L. Berlinger, WSBA #58991 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2800 Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: (206) 274-6400 marisa.berlinger@morganlewis.com 3 4 5 6 7 Attorneys for Cleaver-Brooks Inc. 8 9 10 Attorneys for Plaintiff Martha Rushton, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Glen O. Rushton, Jr., Deceased 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATION AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL AS TO DEFENDANT CLEAVER-BROOKS INC. ONLY - 2 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP Attorneys at Law 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2800 Seattle, WA 98101 +1.206.274.6400 1 2 3 4 ORDER OF DISMISSAL THIS MATTER having come before the Court on the stipulation of the undersigned parties, now, therefore, it is hereby ORDERED: All claims against Defendant CLEAVER-BROOKS INC., only, are hereby dismissed without 5 prejudice and without costs or attorney fees as to any party. 6 DATED this 20th day of November, 2023. 7 A 8 9 HONORABLE BARBARA J. ROTHSTEIN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 10 11 Presented by: 12 WATERS, KRAUS & PAUL 13 14 15 16 17 By: /s/ Susan Ulrich Susan Ulrich Charles E.J. Phipps, Pro Hac Vice 222 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 1900 El Segundo, CA 90245 Phone: (310) 414-8146 sulrich@waterskraus.com cphipps@waterskraus.com 18 19 Attorneys for Plaintiff Martha Rushton, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Glen O. Rushton, Jr. 20 21 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 22 /s/ Marisa L. Berlinger Marisa L. Berlinger, WSBA #58991 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2800 Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: (206) 274-6400 Email: marisa.berlinger@morganlewis.com 23 24 25 26 STIPULATION AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL AS TO DEFENDANT CLEAVER-BROOKS INC. ONLY - 3 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP Attorneys at Law 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2800 Seattle, WA 98101 +1.206.274.6400 1 Attorneys for Cleaver-Brooks Inc. 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 3 I certify that on November 17, 2023, I served a copy of the foregoing document on all 4 counsel of record via email/electronic service unless otherwise indicated below: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Susan Ulrich, WSBA #54568 Charles E.J. Phipps, Pro Hac Vice WATERS, KRAUS & PAUL 222 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 1900 El Segundo, CA 90245 Phone: (310) 414-8146 sulrich@waterskraus.com cphipps@waterskraus.com Megan Uhle Dana C. Kopij WILLIAMS, KASTNER & GIBBS PLLC 601 Union Street, Suite 4100 Seattle, WA 98101 muhle@williamskastner.com dkopij@williamskastner.com wkgasbestos@williamskastner.com Attorneys for Plaintiff Martha Rushton, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Glen O. Rushton, Jr. Attorneys for Weir Valves & Controls USA, Inc. Kevin J. Craig GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI LLP 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2100 Seattle, WA 98104 kcraig@grsm.com G. William Shaw Ryan J. Groshong K&L GATES LLP 925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900 Seattle, WA 98104 bill.shaw@klgates.com ryan.groshong@klgates.com se.asbestos@klgates.com 13 14 15 16 17 18 Attorneys for Clever-Brooks, Inc.; Puget Sound Pipe and Supply Company Attorneys for Crane Company 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATION AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL AS TO DEFENDANT CLEAVER-BROOKS INC. ONLY - 4 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP Attorneys at Law 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2800 Seattle, WA 98101 +1.206.274.6400 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Christopher S. Marks Malika Johnson Alice Coles Serko Dirk Bernhardt TANENBAUM KEALE, LLP One Convention Place 701 Pike St Ste 1575 Seattle, WA 98101 cmarks@tktrial.com mjohnson@tktrial.com aserko@tktrail.com dbernhart@tktrial.com Seattle.asbestos@tktrial.com H. Terry Hall Zackary Paal J. Scott Wood GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI LLP 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2100 Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: (206) 695-5100 hthall@grsm.com zpaal@grsm.com swood@grsm.com Attorneys for Tate Andale, LLC 19 Anthony Todaro Adam DeSipio Stephen Barrett DLA PIPER PLLC 701 Fifth Avenue, Ste. 6900 Seattle, WA 98101 anthony.todaro@dlapiper.com adam.desipio@dlapiper.com stephen.barrett@dlapiper.com Seattle.asbestos@dlapiper.com 21 22 23 24 25 26 Attorneys for IMO Industries, Inc. Attorneys for General Electric Co.; ViacomCBS Inc. 18 20 Michael Edwards Ricketts GORDON THOMAS HONEYWELL 520 Pike Street, Ste. 2350 Seattle, WA 98101 mricketts@gth-law.com IMOservice@gth-law.com Richard G. Gawlowski WILSON SMITH COCHRAN & DICKERSON 901 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1700 Seattle, WA 98164 Gawlowski@wscd.com page@wscd.com Metlifeasbestos@wscd.com Attorneys for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Megan Uhle Dana C. Kopij WILLIAMS, KASTNER & GIBBS PLLC 601 Union Street, Suite 4100 Seattle, WA 98101 muhle@williamskastner.com dkopij@williamskastner.com wkgasbestos@williamskastner.com Attorneys for Parker-Hannifin Corp.; Weir Valves & Controls USA, Inc. Attorneys for Pfizer, Inc. STIPULATION AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL AS TO DEFENDANT CLEAVER-BROOKS INC. ONLY - 5 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP Attorneys at Law 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2800 Seattle, WA 98101 +1.206.274.6400 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Allen Eraut RIZZO BOSWORTH ERAUT, P.C. 1300 SW Sixth Avenue, Suite 330 Portland, OR 97201 aeraut@rizzopc.com asbestos@rizzopc.com Attorneys for North Coast Electric Company; Warren Pumps, LLC; Zurn Industries, LLC I certify under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the United State of America and the State of Washington, that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 17th day of November, 2023, at Seattle, Washington. 10 /s/ Trang La Trang La, Legal Assistant 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATION AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL AS TO DEFENDANT CLEAVER-BROOKS INC. ONLY - 6 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP Attorneys at Law 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2800 Seattle, WA 98101 +1.206.274.6400

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