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HALPHEN v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORP.

No. 85-CQ-0455.

484 So.2d 110 (1986)

Mrs. Jean HALPHEN v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Hanks, Helm, Pletcher & Hogan, Houston, Tex., Ronald Motley, Blatt & Fales, Barnwell, S.C., Jack Martzell, Martzell & Thomas, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

John G. Bissell, Michael L. Baker, Strong, Pipkin, Nelson & Bissell, Beaumont, Tex., John J. Weigel, Thomas M. Nosewicz, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Robert S. Rooth, L. Havard Scott, III, Joan G. Quinters, Jonathan C. McCall, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, for amicus curiae.

DENNIS, Justice.

A widow sued an asbestos products manufacturer in a United States District Court for the wrongful death of her husband caused by his exposure to asbestos.1 She invoked Louisiana's strict products liability tort law under the court's diversity jurisdiction. Before trial the District Court excluded all evidence of whether the manufacturer knew or could have known of the dangers of asbestos on the grounds that such evidence...

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