On March 20, 2023 a Letter,Correspondence was filed involving a dispute between Janet A Shaw His Spouse, Robert E Shaw, and Abb, Inc. Individually And As Successor In Interest To Ite Imperial Co. F K A Ite Circuit Breaker Co., Air & Liquid Systems Corporation As Successor By Merger To Buffalo Pumps, Inc., Alray Construction Corp. F K A Hebert Construction Corp., Armstrong International, Inc., Armstrong Pumps Inc., Aurora Pump Company, Cleaver-Brooks, Inc. F K A Aqua-Chem, Inc., Clyde Union Inc. F K A Union Pump Company, Eaton Corporation Individually And As Successor In Interest To Eaton Electrical, Inc. And Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Flowserve Corporation F K A The Duriron Company, Inc. Sued As Successor By Merger To Durco International, Flowserve Us, Inc. Solely As Successor To Rockwell Manufacturing Company Edward Valves, Inc. And Edward Vogt Valve Company, Foster Wheeler Llc, Frontier Insulation Contractors, Inc. F K A Frontier Insulation And Asbestos, Inc., Gardner Denver, Inc., General Electric Company, Gould Electronics, Inc. Individually And As Successor In Interest To Ite Electrical Products Co., Goulds Pumps, Incorporated F K A Goulds Pumps Merger Corporation, Grinnell Llc, Honeywell International Inc, Honeywell International Inc. F K A Alliedsignal, Inc. And As Successor In Interest To The Bendix Corporation, Iis Buffalo, Inc. F K A Industrial Insulation Sales, Inc., Imo Industries Inc. Individually And As Successor In Interest To Imo Delaval, Insulation Distributors, Inc., Itt Corporation F K A Itt Industries, Inc. Individually And As Successor To Itt Fluid Products Corp. Itt Hoffman Itt Bell & Gossett Company And Itt Marlow, Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., Leeds & Northrup Company, Morse Tec Llc F K A Borgwarner Morse Tec Llc As Successor-By-Merger To Borg-Warner Corporation, Neles-Jamesbury, Inc., Paramount Global F K A Viacomcbs Inc. F K A Cbs Corporation A Delaware Corporation F K A Viacom Inc. Successor By Merger To Cbs Corporation A Pennsylvania Corporation F K A Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pfaudler, Inc., Progress Lighting, Inc., Redco Corporation, R.E. Hebert And Company, Inc., Ridge Construction Corporation, Riley Power Inc. F K A Babcock Borsig Power, Inc. F K A Db Riley, Inc. F K A Riley Stoker Corporation, Rochester Industrial Insulation, Inc., Rockwell Automation, Inc. As Successor In Interest To Allen-Bradley Company Llc, Schneider Electric Usa, Inc. F K A Square D Company, Siemens Industry, Inc. Successor In Interest To Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., Spirax Sarco, Inc. Individually And As Successor To Sarco Company, Inc., The Marley-Wylain Company F K A Weil-Mclain, Union Carbide Corporation, Velan Valve Corp., Warren Pumps Llc, Weir Valves & Controls Usa, Inc. D B A Atwood & Morrill Co., Inc., William Summerhays' Sons Corporation, Zurn Industries, Llc Individually And As Successor In Interest To Erie City Iron Workers Corporation, for Torts - Asbestos in the District Court of Monroe County.
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FILED: MONROE COUNTY CLERK 08/22/2023 04:14 PM INDEX NO. E2023002784 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 71 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 08/22/2023 MONROE COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE THIS IS NOT A BILL. THIS IS YOUR RECEIPT. Receipt # 3542390 Book Page CIVIL Return To: No. Pages: 4 JAIME LAUREN GREENBLATT Instrument: MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENT Control #: 202308221252 Index #: E2023002784 Date: 08/22/2023 SHAW, ROBERT E Time: 4:16:09 PM SHAW, JANET A ABB, INC. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATION ALRAY CONSTRUCTION CORP. ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL, INC. ARMSTRONG PUMPS INC. Total Fees Paid: $0.00 Employee: State of New York MONROE COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE WARNING – THIS SHEET CONSTITUTES THE CLERKS ENDORSEMENT, REQUIRED BY SECTION 317-a(5) & SECTION 319 OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. DO NOT DETACH OR REMOVE. JAMIE ROMEO MONROE COUNTY CLERK 1 of 4 202308221252 Index # INDEX : E2023002784 NO. E2023002784 FILED: MONROE COUNTY CLERK 08/22/2023 04:14 PM NYSCEF DOC. NO. 71 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 08/22/2023 August 22, 2023 100 W ALL S TREET NEW YORK, NEW Y ORK 10005 212.687.0100 VIA USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL AND NYSCEF JAIME L. R EGAN MEMBER DIRECT: 212.912.3506 F AX : 212.687.0659 JREGAN @HARRISBEACH. COM John P. Comerford, Esq. LIPSITZ, PONTERIO & COMERFORD, LLC 424 Main Street, Suite 1500 Buffalo, New York 14202 RE: Robert E. Shaw v. ABB, Inc., et al. Index no.: E2023002784– Monroe County, NY Our file no.: 423279 (Progress Lighting) Dear Mr. Comerford: Please allow this to serve as the Product Identification Letter for defendant PROGRESS LIGHTING, INC. N/K/A PROGRESS LIGHTING, LLC (hereinafter Progress Lighting) in the above-referenced case. At no point during discovery has there been any evidence that any Progress Lighting product was a source of Mr. Shaw’s alleged asbestos exposure. Based on the lack of any identification or allegations of the plaintiff’s exposure to asbestos from any Progress Lighting product, we ask that you please sign and return the enclosed No Opposition Summary Judgment Motion and Order. Please advise us if there is any basis for not signing the proposed No Opposition Summary Judgment Motion and Order at this time. Once you sign and return the enclosed No Opposition Summary Judgment Motion and Order, we will serve on all known defendants and file with the Court. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Very truly yours, HARRIS BEACH PLLC Jaime L. Regan, Esq. JLR: shx Enclosure Cc: All known defense counsel of record via NYSCEF. 2 of 4 202308221252 IndexNO. INDEX #: E2023002784 E2023002784 FILED: MONROE COUNTY CLERK 08/22/2023 04:14 PM NYSCEF DOC. NO. 71 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 08/22/2023 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- X : In Re: Seventh Judicial District Asbestos Litigation : - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- X This Document Relates To: : : ROBERT E. SHAW, : NO OPPOSITION : SUMMARY JUDGMENT Plaintiff, : MOTION AND ORDER vs. : : Index No.: E2023002784 ABB, INC., et al., : : Defendants. : : -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- X WHEREFORE, Defendant, PROGRESS LIGHTING, INC. N/K/A PROGRESS LIGHTING, LLC (hereinafter Progress Lighting) hereby requests Summary Judgment in the above-titled action, pursuant to Civil Practice Law and Rules Section 3212, dismissing Plaintiff’s Complaint against Progress Lighting with prejudice, and there being no opposition thereto, it is hereby ORDERED, that upon notice to all co-defendants, all claims and cross-claims against Defendant, Progress Lighting, are hereby dismissed with prejudice and without costs. The basis for dismissal is: ☒ No Product ID ☐ Lack of Personal Jurisdiction ☐ Workers Compensation Bar ☐ Wrong Entity Sued ☐ No Successor Liability ☐ Lack of Service ☐ As A Matter of Law ☐ Other Dated: ____________________________ Dated: _____________________________ By: _______________________________ By: ________________________________ John P. Comerford, Esq. Jaime L. Regan, Esq. LIPSITZ, PONTERIO & COMERFORD, LLC HARRIS BEACH PLLC Attorneys for Plaintiff Attorneys for Defendant 424 Main Street, Suite 1500 Progress Lighting, Inc. n/k/a Buffalo, New York 14202 Progress Lighting, LLC 100 Wall Street, 23rd Floor New York, New York 10005 SO ORDERED: Dated: ____________________________ ____________________________________ HON. ERIN P. GALL, J.S.C. 3 of 4 202308221252 IndexNO. INDEX #: E2023002784 E2023002784 FILED: MONROE COUNTY CLERK 08/22/2023 04:14 PM NYSCEF DOC. NO. 71 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 08/22/2023 4 of 4