Opinion
Motion No. 2022-03238 Index Nos. 190020/21190307/20 190163/20 190147/20 190254/20 190041/21 190336/20 190007/21 190226/20 190316/20 190220/20 190183/20 Case Nos. 2022-01639 2022-01646 2022-01647 2022-01648 2022-01649 2022-01653 2022-01998 2022-01999 2022-02000 2022-02001 2022-02002 2022-02003
10-04-2022
In Re New York City Asbestos Litigation v. A.O. Smith Water Products Co., et al., Defendants, Anthony T. Barlotta, Plaintiff-Respondent, PB Heat LLC, Defendant-Appellant. Christopher P. Campbell, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. A.O. Smith Water Products Co., et al., Defendants, PB Heat LLC, Defendant-Appellant. Pauline Catapano, etc., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Aerco International, Inc., et al., Defendants, PB Heat LLC, Defendant-Appellant. Denise Culberson and Ronald Culberson, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. A.O. Smith Water Products Co., et al., Defendants, PB Heat LLC, Defendant-Appellant. Sabella Danisi, etc., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. A.O. Smith Water Products Co., et al., Defendants, PB Heat LLC, Defendant-Appellant. Donella Droscoski, etc., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. A.O. Smith Water Products Co., et al., Defendants, PB Heat LLC, Defendant-Appellant. Arlene Nora, etc., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. A.O. Smith Water Products Co., et al., Defendants, PB Heat LLC, Defendant-Appellant. Luis Robles and Ana Robles, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. A.O. Smith Water Products Co., et al., Defendants, PB Heat LLC, Defendant-Appellant. v. Jeana Robley etc., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, et al., Defendants, PB Heat LLC, Defendant-Appellant. William M. Seyler and Connie Seyler, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. A.O. Smith Water Products Co., et al., Defendants. PB Heat LLC, Defendant-Appellant. Frederic J. Seiling and Annmarie Seiling, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. ABB, Inc., etc., et al., Defendants. PB Heat LLC, Defendant-Appellant. Stephanie Sobek, etc., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. A.O. Smith Water Products Co., et al., Defendants, PB Heat LLC, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Anil C. Singh, Tanya R. Kennedy Saliann Scarpulla Martin Shulman Julio Rodriguez III, Justice Presiding, Justices.
Appeals having been taken to this Court, from six orders of the Supreme Court, New York County, each, entered on or about March 18, 2022, (Barlotta, Case No. 2022-01639; Campbell, Case No. 2022-01646; Catapano, Case No. 2022-01647; Culberson, Case No. 2022-01648; Danisi, Case No. 2022-01649; and Droscoski, Case No. 2022-01653), from two orders, same court, each entered on or about April 28, 2022, (Nora, Case No. 2022-01998; and Seiling, Case No. 2022-02002), and from five orders, same court, each entered on or about May 2, 2022, (Frankini, Case No. 2022-01997; Robles, Case No. 2022-01999; Robley, Case No. 2022-02000; Seyler, Case No. 2022-02001; and Sobek, Case No. 2022-02003), And defendant-appellant in each case, PB Heat, LLC, sued herein as PB HEAT, LLC, Individually and as successor in interest to Peerless Industries, having moved to consolidate the aforesaid appeals and for leave to file a single appellate brief and record, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted and the aforesaid appeals may be consolidated upon a single record and brief pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1250.9[f][4].