Connell, Barbara v. A.W. Chesterton Company
Plaintiff: Barbara Connell and Daniel Connell
Defendant: Owens-Illinois Inc., A.W. Chesterton Company and Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC
Case Number: 3:2005cv00219
Filed: April 12, 2005
Court: US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Office: Madison Office
County: Eau Claire
Presiding Judge:
Referring Judge:
Nature of Suit: P.I. : Asbestos
Cause of Action: No cause code entered
Jury Demanded By: None
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Date Filed Document Text
August 20, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 59 Notice of Settlement by Plaintiff and by Defendant Owens-Illinois Inc. (Watson, Brian)
May 14, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 58 ORDER granting 26 Motion to Bar the "Any Exposure" Causation Opinion as unopposed; granting 31 Motion to Bar the Longo/MAS Videotaped Experiments and Related Testimony as unopposed; granting 39 Motion to Exclude Barry Castleman, Sc.D. with respect to testimony related to medical literature and denying with respect to testimony related to other historical documents discussed in Castleman's expert report. Signed by District Judge Barbara B. Crabb on 5/14/2015. (kwf)
May 4, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 57 Transcript of Trial in Krik v. Crane Co., No. 10 C 7435 (N.D. Ill.), held on April 21, 2015 re: 56 Notice of Supplemental Authority by Defendant Owens-Illinois Inc., re: 26 Motion to Bar the "Any Exposure" Causation Opinion. (Watson, Brian)
May 4, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 56 Notice of Supplemental Authority by Defendant Owens-Illinois Inc. re: 26 Motion to Bar the "Any Exposure" Causation Opinion. (Watson, Brian)
March 31, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 55 Response to 53 Notice of Supplemental Authority by Plaintiff Barbara Connell . (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - Trial Testimony of Dr. Frank 3-7-2013, # 2 Exhibit 2 - Report of Dr. Frank in Suoja case 8-7-2012, # 3 Exhibit 3 - Affidavit of Dr. Frank 6-21-2012, # 4 Exhibit 4 - CV of Dr. Frank 2015, # 5 Exhibit 5 - Report of Dr. Anderson in Connell 10-28-2011, # 6 Exhibit 6 - Deposition of Dr. Frank 1-25-2012, # 7 Exhibit 7 - Order in Bushmaker 11-21-2012, # 8 Exhibit 8 - Order in Morris 2013-7-9, # 9 Exhibit 9 - CVLO-3 Scheduling Order 4-11-2012, # 10 Exhibit 10 - Suggestion of Remand in Suoja, # 11 Exhibit 11 - Suggestion of Remand in Connell, # 12 Exhibit 12 - CV of Dr. Anderson 2014, # 13 Exhibit 13 - Trial Testimony of Dr. Anderson 7-17-2008, # 14 Exhibit 14 - Order in Krik 12-22-2014) (McCoy, Robert)
March 27, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 54 Transcript of Final Pretrial Conference held on 03/09/2015 in the Northern District of Illinois, Krik v. Crane, Case No.: 10-C-7435. (Watson, Brian) Modified on 3/29/2015. (lak)
March 27, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 53 Notice of Supplemental Authority by Defendant Owens-Illinois Inc. (Watson, Brian)
March 6, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 52 Brief in Reply by Defendant Owens-Illinois Inc. in Support of 39 Motion to Exclude Barry Castleman, Sc.D. (Watson, Brian) Modified on 3/9/2015. (lak)
March 6, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 51 Brief in Reply by Defendant Owens-Illinois Inc. in Support of 26 Motion to Bar the "Any Exposure" Causation Opinion. (Watson, Brian) Modified on 3/9/2015. (lak)
March 6, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 50 Brief in Reply by Defendant Owens-Illinois Inc. in Support of 31 Motion to Bar the Longo/MAS Videotaped Experiments and Related Testimony. (Watson, Brian) Modified on 3/9/2015. (lak)
February 20, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 49 Brief in Opposition by Plaintiff Barbara Connell re: 39 Motion to Exclude Barry Castleman, Sc.D. , filed by Owens-Illinois Inc., (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - Report of Dr. Castleman in Suoja, # 2 Exhibit 2 - Excerpts of Asbestos: Medical and Legal Experts (Dr. Castleman), # 3 Exhibit 3 - Excerpts of Owens-Illinois Inc.'s interrogatory answers in Scheible case, # 4 Exhibit 4 - 10/21/2014 order in Krik case, # 5 Exhibit 5 - Excerpts of Dr. Neushul report in Suoja case, # 6 Exhibit 6 - Excerpts of Dr. Neushul report in Connell case, # 7 Exhibit 7 - 11/21/2012 order in Bushmaker case, # 8 Exhibit 8 - 7/9/2013 order in Morris case, # 9 Exhibit 9 - 4/11/2012 amended "CVLO-3" Scheduling Order, # 10 Exhibit 10 - Suggestion of Remand in Suoja case, # 11 Exhibit 11 - Suggestion of Remand in Connell case, # 12 Exhibit 12 - Owens-Illinois Inc.'s Proposed Order on Trial Exhibits in Vandermeuse case, # 13 Exhibit 13 - 7/9/2013 Response to CBS Corporation's Request for Discovery in Morris case) (McCoy, Robert) Modified on 2/22/2015. (lak)
February 20, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 48 Brief in Opposition by Plaintiff Barbara Connell re: 31 Motion to Bar the Longo/MAS Videotaped Experiments and Related Testimony, filed by Owens-Illinois Inc. (McCoy, Robert) Modified on 2/22/2015. (lak)
February 20, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 47 Brief in Opposition by Plaintiff Barbara Connell re: 26 Motion to Bar the "Any Exposure" Causation Opinion, filed by Owens-Illinois Inc. (McCoy, Robert) Modified on 2/22/2015. (lak)
February 18, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 46 ORDER vacating Order 45 . Signed by District Judge Barbara B. Crabb on 2/18/2015. (kwf)
February 13, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 45 ORDER granting defendants' 26 Motion to Bar the "Any Exposure" Causation Opinion, 31 Motion to Bar the Longo/MAS Videotaped Experiments and Related Testimony, and 39 Motion to Exclude Barry Castleman, Sc.D., as plaintiffs failed to file any opposition materials. Signed by District Judge Barbara B. Crabb on 2/13/2015. (kwf)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 44 Deposition of Barry Castleman taken on September 28, 2010 re: 39 Motion to Exclude Barry Castleman, Sc.D. (Watson, Brian)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 43 Deposition of Barry Castleman taken on May 27, 2008 re: 39 Motion to Exclude Barry Castleman, Sc.D. (Watson, Brian)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 42 Deposition of Barry Castleman taken on January 3, 2002 re: 39 Motion to Exclude Barry Castleman, Sc.D. (Watson, Brian)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 41 Transcript of Testimony of Barry Castleman held on March 21, 1986 re: 39 Motion to Exclude Barry Castleman, Sc.D. (Watson, Brian)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 40 Deposition of Barry Castleman taken on August 13, 1982 re: 39 Motion to Exclude Barry Castleman, Sc.D. (Watson, Brian)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 39 Motion to Exclude Barry Castleman, Sc.D. by Defendant Owens-Illinois Inc. Response due 1/15/2015. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Barry Castleman Report, # 2 Exhibit B - Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects (5th ed. 2005), # 3 Exhibit C - Statement of Barry Castleman, Nov. 15, 1979, # 4 Exhibit D - Statement of Barry Castleman, July 31, 2001, # 5 Exhibit E - Statement of Barry Castleman, March 1, 2007, # 6 Exhibit F - Flood v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., No. 86 C 8947 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 15, 2004), # 7 Exhibit G - Vandermeuse v. Allied Insulation Supply Co., Inc., No. 07 CV 55 (Cir. Ct. Kewaunee Cty. Wis. Feb. 5, 2014), # 8 Exhibit H - Sorcic v. Keene Corp., No. 657-163 (Cir. Ct. Milwaukee Cty. Wis. Apr. 3, 1989), # 9 Exhibit I - Franz v. Celotex Corp., No. 84-1316 (W.D. Pa. Jan. 24, 1989), # 10 Exhibit J - Kendrick v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp., No. C-85-178 AAM (E.D. Wash. May 9, 1986)) (Watson, Brian)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 38 Deposition of William Longo taken on February 23, 2013 re: 31 Motion to Bar the Longo/MAS Videotaped Experiments and Related Testimony. (Watson, Brian)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 37 Deposition of William Longo taken on April 30, 2007 re: 31 Motion to Bar the Longo/MAS Videotaped Experiments and Related Testimony. (Watson, Brian)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 36 Deposition of William Longo taken on February 12, 2007 re: 31 Motion to Bar the Longo/MAS Videotaped Experiments and Related Testimony. (Watson, Brian)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 35 Deposition of William Longo taken on May 1, 2006 re: 31 Motion to Bar the Longo/MAS Videotaped Experiments and Related Testimony. (Watson, Brian)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 34 Transcript of William Longo Trial Testimony held on Sept. 16, 2003 re 31 Motion to Bar the Longo/MAS Videotaped Experiments and Related Testimony (Watson, Brian)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 33 Deposition of William Longo taken on September 19, 1997 re: 31 Motion to Bar the Longo/MAS Videotaped Experiments and Related Testimony. (Watson, Brian)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 32 Affidavit of Lambertus Hesselink re: 31 Motion to Bar the Longo/MAS Videotaped Experiments and Related Testimony. (Watson, Brian) (Additional attachment(s) added on 1/9/2015: # 1 Exhibit A - CV of Professor Lambertus Hesselink, PhD) (lak).
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 31 Motion to Bar the Longo/MAS Videotaped Experiments and Related Testimony by Defendant Owens-Illinois Inc. Response due 1/15/2015. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Order, Sept. 10, 2012, # 2 Exhibit B - Dale Keyes et al., Baseline Studies of Asbestos Exposure During Operation and Maintenance Activities, 9 Appl. Occup. Envtl. Hyg. 853, 854 (Nov. 1994)) (Watson, Brian)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 30 Transcript of Daubert Hearing held on January 16, 2013 re: 26 Motion to Bar. (Watson, Brian) Modified on 1/9/2015. (lak)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 29 Transcript of Daubert Hearing held on January 14, 2013 re: 26 Motion to Bar. (Watson, Brian) Modified on 1/9/2015. (lak)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 28 Deposition of Arthur Frank taken on June 5, 2012 re: 26 Motion to Bar. (Watson, Brian) Modified on 1/9/2015. (lak)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 27 Deposition of Arthur Frank taken on January 3, 2007 re: 26 Motion to Bar. (Watson, Brian) Modified on 1/9/2015. (lak)
January 8, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 26 Motion to Bar the "Any Exposure" Causation Opinion by Defendant Owens-Illinois Inc.. Response due 1/15/2015. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Arthur Frank Report, Aug. 7, 2012, # 2 Exhibit B - Henry Anderson Report, Oct. 28, 2011, # 3 Exhibit C - Arnold Brody Report, October 14, 2011) (Watson, Brian)
October 6, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 25 Notice of Appearance filed by Robert G. McCoy for Plaintiffs Barbara Connell, Daniel Connell. (McCoy, Robert)
September 19, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 24 Expert Report of, Plaintiff's Supplementation of Expert Reports by Plaintiff Barbara Connell (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A1 - Report of Dr. Anderson, # 2 Exhibit A2 - Disclosure of Dr. Anderson, # 3 Exhibit A3 - Scientific Publications, # 4 Exhibit B1 - Report of Kenoyer and Garza, # 5 Exhibit C2 - General Report of Kenoyer and Garza, # 6 Exhibit C2 - Updated General Report of Kenoyer and Garza, # 7 Exhibit D1 - Report and Disclosure of Ferriter, # 8 Exhibit D2 - Updated Disclosure of Ferriter, # 9 Exhibit E1 - Report and Disclosure of LaPointe, # 10 Exhibit F1 - Report and Disclosure of Dr. Brody, # 11 Exhibit F2 - Testimony of Dr. Brody in Gnewuch case, # 12 Exhibit F3 - Testimony of Dr. Brody in Kinser case, # 13 Exhibit F4 - Prior Testimony of Dr. Brody, # 14 Exhibit G1 - Disclosure of Longo, # 15 Exhibit G2 - Kaylo III Study, # 16 Exhibit G3 part 1 - Kaylo IV Study, # 17 Exhibit G3 part 2 - Kaylo IV study) (McCoy, Robert)
August 29, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 23 Notice of Appearance filed by Rachel Allison Remke for Defendant Owens-Illinois Inc. (Remke, Rachel)
August 5, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 22 ** TEXT ONLY ORDER ** On May 9, 2014, the parties submitted their jointly proposed schedule on interstitial dates leading to trial. The court accepts and adopts the parties' jointly proposed dates. Signed by Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker on 8/5/14. (rep)
June 4, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 21 Disregard; to be refiled. Status Report and Letter by Defendant Owens-Illinois Inc. (Watson, Brian) Requested attorney refile with exhibits as individually named attachments on 6/5/2014 (jaf).
May 9, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 20 Proposed Pretrial Order by Plaintiff Barbara Connell (McCoy, Robert)
April 30, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 19 Scheduling Order: Court Trial set for 11/2/2015 at 09:00 AM. Signed by Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker on 4/28/14. (jat)
April 18, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 18 Proposed Discovery Plan, Proposed Joint Preliminary Pretrial Conference Report by Plaintiff Barbara Connell, Defendant Owens-Illinois Inc. (Watson, Brian)
April 7, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 17 ** TEXT ONLY ORDER **At an April 4, 2014 telephonic status conference in Connell v. A.W. Chesterton, 05-cv-219, the attorneys for the plaintiffs and for the only remaining defendant (Owens-Illinois, Inc.) jointly recommended that this court consolidate the pretrial proceedings in the four similar cases, namely Asmundsen, 98-cv-693, Suoja, 99-cv-475, Akey, 01-cv-70 and Connell. The court accepted this recommendation in principle and directed the parties to file by April 18, 2014, their joint proposal in this regard, The April 22, 2014 telephonic status conference in Akey is expanded to a telephonic status conference in all four cases, with the goal of setting a consolidated schedule for pretrial proceedings. Signed by Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker on 4/4/14. (rep)
March 7, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 16 Order remanding case from MDL. Signed by Jeffery N. Luthi, Clerk of the Panel on 3/6/14. (Attachments: # 1 Suggestion of Remand, # 2 Additional Suggestions of Remand) (rep)
February 27, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 15 Notice of Appearance filed by Matthew John Fischer for Defendant Owens-Illinois Inc. (Fischer, Matthew)
February 27, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 14 Notice of Appearance filed by Edward M. Casmere for Defendant Owens-Illinois Inc. (Casmere, Edward)
February 27, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 13 Notice of Appearance filed by Brian O'Connor Watson for Defendant Owens-Illinois Inc. (Watson, Brian)
July 29, 2008 Opinion or Order Filing 12 ORDER granting 11 MOTION to Appoint Special Administrator on behalf of Plaintiff Daniel J Connell. Barbara Connell appointed Special Administrator. Signed by Judge James T Giles on 6/11/2008. (arw)
June 12, 2008 Opinion or Order Filing 11 MOTION to Appoint Special Administrator on behalf of Plaintiff Daniel J Connell. (Attachments: # 1 Cover Letter) (arw)
September 2, 2005 Opinion or Order Filing 10 CERTIFIED CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER FROM EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
August 30, 2005 Opinion or Order Filing 9 CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER FROM EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA (UNCERTIFIED).
July 21, 2005 Opinion or Order Filing 8 ORDER THAT STATUS CONFERENCE TO BE RESET IF MDL TRANSFER ORDER NOT RECEIVED BY END OF AUGUST. (SLC)
June 17, 2005 Opinion or Order Filing 7 ANSWER BY DEFT. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.
June 14, 2005 Opinion or Order Filing 6 ANSWER BY DEFT. GARLOCK.
June 14, 2005 Opinion or Order Filing 5 ANSWER BY A.W. CHESTERTON.
June 14, 2005 Opinion or Order Filing 4 NOTICE OF RETAINER BY DEFT. GARLOCK.
June 14, 2005 Opinion or Order Filing 3 NOTICE OF RETAINER BY DEFT. A.W. CHESTERTON.
April 12, 2005 Opinion or Order Filing 2 COMPLAINT
April 12, 2005 Opinion or Order Filing 1 JS-44

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Represented By: Brian O'Connor Watson
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Defendant: A.W. Chesterton Company
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