Horton v. Harwick Chem. Corp.

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 73 Ohio St.3d 679.] HORTON ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. HARWICK CHEMICAL CORPORATION; A.W. CHESTERTON ET AL., APPELLEES. ROBERT DERRICK, APPELLANT v. JOHN CRANE, INC., ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as Horton v. Harwick Chem. Corp.,

1995-Ohio-286.] Civil procedure—Appropriate summary judgment standard for proving causation in asbestos cases—Torts—Alternative liability cannot apply, when. 1. For each defendant in a multidefendant asbestos case, the plaintiff has the burden of proving exposure to the defendant’s product and that the product was a…