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WISNIEWSKI v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.

Nos. 86-1253 and 86-1254.

812 F.2d 81 (1987)

WISNIEWSKI, Susan and Klock, Debra Wisniewski v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP., Johns Manville Sales Corporation, Raybestos Manhattan, Inc., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Celotex Corporation, Keene Corporation, Unarco Industries, Inc. v. EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INC., Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation. Appeal of Susan WISNIEWSKI and Debora Wisniewski Klock, in No. 86-1253. Janet M. RICE, as parent and natural guardian of Valerie D. Rice and Thomas W. Rice, Janet M. Rice, in her own right and Paul A. Rice, Appellants, No. 86-1254, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP., Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Celotex Corporation, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Amatex Corporation, Unarco Industries, Inc., Fibreboard Corporation, Southern Textile Corp., H.K. Porter Co., Inc., Porter Hayden Co., Abex Corporation, Maremont Corporation, Lear Siegler, Inc., Bendix Corporation, J.P. Stevens, Inc., Uniroyal, Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, General Motors Corporation.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Perlberger, Mitchell S. Cohen, Thomas E. Kopil (argued), Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

McCarter & English, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees Owens-Illinois, Inc. and Keene Corp.; James F. Hammill, of counsel; Nathan A. Schachtman (argued), on brief.

Edward R. Paul, James R. Flandreau, Nilon, Paul & Mardinly, Media, Pa., for appellee Lear-Sieglar, Inc.

George J. Lavin, Jr., Gerard Cedrone, George J. Lavin Associates, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee General Motors Corp.

William F. Kiniry, Mary A. Maher, Harvey, Pennington, Herting & Renneisen, Ltd., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee Allied Corp., Successor-in-Interest by merger to the Bendix Corp.

Before ALDISERT, Chief Judge, WEIS, Circuit Judge, and FISHER, Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Chief Judge.

This court is not a stranger to this diversity case governed by Pennsylvania law involving claims by relations of certain decedents against asbestos manufacturers. When it was before us in Wisniewski v. Johns-Manville Corp., 759 F.2d 271 (3d Cir.1985) ("Wisniewski I") we affirmed the district court's several determinations except in one limited area: a panel majority...

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