Plaintiff:	Wayne E. Villines and Christine B. Villines
Defendant:	Redco Corporation, formerly known as Crane Co., The W.W. Henry Company, LP, Individually and as Successor-In-Interest to and formerly known as The W.W Henry Company, ABB, Inc., Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to I-T-E Imperial Company, f/k/a I-T-E Circuit Breaker Company, ACME Service Corp, American Biltrite, Inc., Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC, Baldor Electric Company, Belden Inc., Boise Cascade Company, BWDAC, INC., Chevron USA, Inc., Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corporation, as Successor-In-Interest to AK Steel Corporation and National Supply, Copeland Corporation LLC, Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc., Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to Mundet Cork Corporation, DCO, LLC, f/k/a Dana Companies, LLC, Individually and Successor-in-Interest to Victor Gasket Manufacturing Company and Spicer Parts, Devon Energy Corporation, Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to Santa Fe Energy Resources, Inc., Dings Company, Discount Builders Supply, Eaton Corporation, as Successor-in-Interest to Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Emerson Electric Co., Individually and as Successo-in-Interest to US Electric Motor and Doerr Electric Corporation, Empire Supply Co., Inc., Enerpac Tool Group Corp. f/k/a Actuant Corporation, f/k/a Allied Power, Inc., f/k/a Allied Power Industries, Inc., Individually and As successor-in-interest to Bear Manufacturing Company, Federal-Mogul Asbestos Personal Injury Trust as Successor-In-Interest to Felt Products Manufacturing Company and Vellumoid Division of Federal Mogul, Flowserve US, Inc., solely as successor to Edward Valve & Rockwell Manufacturing Company, FMC Corporation, Individually and as successor in interest to Chicago Pump Company, Peerless Pump Company, and Northern Pump Company, Fort Kent Holdings, Inc., Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to Dunham-Bush, as Successor-in-Interest to Brunner Manufacturing Company, G. Denver and Co., LLC, General Cable Corporation, General Electric Company, Genuine Parts Company, Gould Electronics, Inc., Individually and as successor-in-interest to Gould, Inc., as successor-in-interest to IT-E Imperial Corp. and Bulldog Electric Products Co., Goulds Pump, LLC, Graybar Electric Company, Inc., Greene, Tweed & Co., Inc., Hanson Permanente Cement, Inc., Hennessy Industries, LLC, Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to AMMCO Tools, Inc., Hill Brothers Chemical Company, Honeywell International, Inc., f/k/a Allied Signal, Inc., individually and as successor-in-interest to the Bendix Corporation, Bendix Aviation Corp., and The Signal Companies, Inc., f/k/a Signal Oil &, IMO Industries, Inc., Individually and as successor in interest to Delaval Turbine Inc. and Sharples, Inc., Inductotherm Corp., Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., Klepper Electric Company, MAT Industries, LLC as Successor-in-Interest to Sanborn Manufacturing Company, McCord Corporation, Metalclad Insulation, LLC, Morse TEC LLC f/k/a Borgwarner Morse TEC LLC, Individually and as Successo-In-Interest to BorgWarner Corporation, Osram-Sylvania Inc., Pacific Coast Supply, LLC, Paramount Global, f/k/a ViacomCBS Inc., f/k/a CBS Corporation, a Delaware Corporaiton, f/k/a Viacom, Inc., successor by merger to CBS Corporation, a Pennsylvania Corporation, f/k/a Westinghouse Electr, Parex USA, Inc. f/k/a Paraxlahabra, Inc. and La Habra Products, Inc., Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to Merlex Stucco, Inc., Parker Hannifin Corporation as Successor-In-Interest to EIS Brakes, Pfizer, Inc., PNEUMO ABEX, L.L.C (individually and as successor-in-interest to PNEUMO ABEX CORPORATION AND ABEX CORPORATION), Crane Co., Regal Rexnord Corporation, Individually and as Successor/-in-Interest to Fasco Industries, Rex International U.S.A Inc., Rockwell Automation, inc., as Successor-in-Interest to AllenBradley Co, RSCC Wire & Cable, LLC, a/k/a Rockbestos Suprenant Cable Corporation, Schneider Electrict USA, INc., f/k/a Square D Company, Shell Oil Company, Siemens Industry, Inc., Individually and as successor-in-Interest to I-T-E, Sporting Goods Properties, Inc., Individually and as Successor-in-Interest/pae/et Remington Arms Company, Inc., Standard Motor Products, Inc., SYD Carpenter, Marine Contractor, Inc., T. M. Cobb Company, individually and on behalf of its subsidiary Haley Bros. Inc., Tecumseh Products Company, LLC, Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to Fasco Industries, The Coleman Company, Inc., as Successor-in-Interest to Sanborn Manufacturing Company, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, The W.W Henry Company, Toshiba International Corporation, Triple A Machine Shop, Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, Union Oil Company of California, Verizon Communications, Inc., Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to GTE Corporation, Successor-in-Interest to Zinsco Electrical Products, W.W. Grainger, Inc., Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to Doerr Electric Corporation and Dayton Electric Manufacturing Co. and Weyerhaeuser Company
Case Number:	3:2025cv02845
Filed:	March 26, 2025
Court:	U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Presiding Judge:	Maxine M Chesney
Nature of Suit:	P.I. : Asbestos
Cause of Action:	28 U.S.C. § 1442 Petition for Removal
Jury Demanded By:	Both

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