In Re Asbestos Litigation (Lee)

POPPITI, Judge.

This is a decision on Gale Corporation’s Motion for Summary Judgment in the above listed cases. Gale Corporation, relying on the principles of res judicata and collateral estoppel, asserts that it should not be a party to this litigation because it is only named as a party as a possible successor corporation to Baldwin-Ehret-Hill, Inc. or Keene Building Products Corporation, an issue already decided in previous litigation in other jurisdictions.

In ruling on this question the Court must necessarily examine the corporate history of Keene Corporation. In this regard, the Court is…