Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Steven J. Cooperstein, Brookman, Rosenberg, Brown & Sandler Philadelphia, PA, for George Windsor, Constance Windsor, Michael Windsor and Karen Windsor, Appellants in Nos. 94-1925, 94-2009.
Brian L. Wolfman (Argued), Alan B. Morrison, Alan T.L. Sun, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for White Lung Association of New Jersey, National Asbestos Victims Legal Action Organizing Committee, The Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union, The Skilled Trades Association, Myles O'Malley, Marta Figueroa, Robert Fiore, Roh Maher, and Lynn Maher, (on her own behalf and as next friend for her minor children, Jessica Marie Maher, Jamie Marion Maher, and Jennifer Megan Maher), Appellants in Nos. 94-1927, 94-1968.
Laurence H. Tribe (Argued), Brian S. Koukoutchos, Jonathan S. Massey, Cambridge, MA, Brent M. Rosenthall, Counsel of Record, Frederick M. Baron, Steve Baughman, Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Richard R. Preston, Sr. and Louis C. Anderson, Appellants in Nos. 94-1928, 94-2013.
Joseph D. Shein, Shein, Johnson & Berezofsky, Philadelphia, PA, for Albert and Margaret Hertler, Appellants in No. 94-1929.
Marla A. Macey, Timothy J. Hogan, Law Office of Peter G. Angelos, Philadelphia, PA, for Richard E. Blanchard, D.D.S., Jack S. Boston, James L. Anderson, Personal Representative of Robert L. Anderson and Harrison O. McLeod, Appellants in Nos. 94-1930, 94-2066.
Steven Kazan, Aaron Simon, Kazan, McClain, Edises, Simon & Abrams, Oakland, CA, Brad Seligman (Argued), Jocelyn Larkin, Donna Ryu, Albany, CA, David Rudovsky, Kairys, Rudovsky, Kalman & Epstein, Philadelphia, PA, for Iona Cunningham, as representative of the estate of Charles Cunningham, and Twila Sneed, Appellants in Nos. 94-1931, 94-2010 and Aileen Cargile, Betty Francom, John Wong, John Soteriou, Harold Hans Emmerich and Thomas Corey, Appellants in Nos. 94-1932, 94-2012.
Joshua M. Spielberg, Tomar, Simonoff, Adourian & O'Brien, Haddonfield, NJ, for William J. Golt, Sr. and Phyllis Golt, Appellants in Nos. 94-1960, 94-2011.
David R. Donadio, Brayton, Gisvold & Harley, Novato, CA, for Joe and Lynne Dominguez, Appellants in No. 94-2067.
Douglas B. Canfield, Jacobs & Crumplar, Wilmington, DE, for Kathryn Toy, individually, and as representative of the estate of Edward Toy, Appellants in Nos. 94-2068.
James L. Ferraro, Ferraro & Associates, Miami, FL, for John Paul Smith, Appellant in No. 94-2085.
Shepard A. Hoffman, Baltimore, MD, for Casimir Balonis, Margaret Balonis, and Shepard H. Hoffman, Appellants in No. 95-1705.
Gene Locks (Argued), Jonathan Miller, Greitzer & Locks, Philadelphia, PA, Ronald L. Motley, Joseph F. Rice, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Charleston, SC, L. Joel Chastain, Desa A. Ballard, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Barnwell, SC, for Appellees, Robert A. Georgine; Laverne Winbun, Executrix of the estate of Joseph E. Winbun, deceased, and in her own right; Ambrose Vogt, Jr.; Joanne Vogt, his wife; Carlos Raver; Dorothy M. Raver, his wife; Timothy Murphy; Gay Murphy, his wife; Ty T. Annas; Anna Marie Baumgartner, Executrix of the Estate of John A. Baumgartner, deceased; Nafssica Kekrides, individually and as administratrix of the estate of Pavlos Kekrides, deceased; William H. Sylvester, Executor and Personal Representative of the estate of Fred A. Sylvester, deceased.
John D. Aldock (Argued), Wendy S. White, Elizabeth Runyan Geise, Richard M. Wyner, Heather H. Anderson, Shea & Gardner, Washington, DC, John G. Gaul, Lawrence Fitzpatrick, Center for Claims Resolution, Princeton, NJ, for Appellees, Amchem Products, Inc.; A.P. Green Industries, Inc.; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Certainteed Corporation; C.E. Thurston & Sons, Inc.; Dana Corporation; Ferodo America, Inc.; Flexitallic, Inc.; GAF Building Materials, Inc.; I.U. North America, Inc.; Maremont Corporation; Asbestos Claims Management Corp**; National Services Industries, Inc.; Nosroc Corporation; Pfozer, Inc.; Quigley Company, Inc.; Shook & Fletcher Insulation Company; T & N, PLC; Union Carbide Corporation**; United States Gypsum Company.
Stephen F. Brock, Manta & Welge, Philadelphia, PA, Joseph T. Mallon, Dunn, Haase, Sullivan, Mallon, Cherner & Broadt, Media, PA, R. Jeff Carlisle, Aaron L. Bowers, Lynberg & Watkins, Los Angeles, CA, Elit R. Felix, II, Margolis, Edelstein & Scherlis, Philadelphia, PA, James J. Rodgers, Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Kauffman, Philadelphia, PA, Wilson M. Brown, III, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, PA, Thomas C. DeLorenzo, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Philadelphia, PA, Robert R. Reeder, William P. Shelley, Cozen & O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, Lawrence M. Silverman, Silverman, Coopersmith, Hillman & Frimmer, Philadelphia, PA, John P. O'Dea, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Philadelphia, PA, Daniel P. Lynch, Timby, Brown & Timby, Philadelphia, PA, Marc I. Bressman, Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade, Cherry Hill, NJ, David J. D'Aloia, Saiber, Schlesinger, Satz & Goldstein, Newark, NJ, Allan C. Molotsky, Post & Schell, Philadelphia, PA, Theresa W. Hajost, Chadbourne & Parke, Washington, DC, Lisa B. Zucker, German, Gallagher & Murtagh, Philadelphia, PA, Rudolph Garcia, Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, Philadelphia, PA, Joseph L. Ruby, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, for Remaining Appellees.
Dan Morales, Attorney General, Jorge Vega, First Assistant Attorney General, Laquita A. Hamilton, Deputy Attorney General for Litigation, Paul Elliott, Assistant Attorney General, Chief, Natural Resources Division, Brian E. Berwick, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Attorney General of Texas, Environmental Protection Division, Natural Resources Division, Austin, Texas, for State of Texas-Amicus Curiae.
Arthur H. Bryant, Leslie A. Brueckner, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Washington, DC, Roberta B. Walburn, Robins, Kaplan, Miller, & Ciresi, Minneapolis, MN, for Asbestos Victims of America and Trial Lawyers for Public Justice-Amicus Curiae.
W. Donald McSweeny, Robert H. Riley, Catherine Masters Epstein, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, James D. Miller, King & Spalding, Washington, DC, Philip McWeeny, David L. Gray, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Toledo, Ohio, for Owens-Illinois, Inc.-Amicus Curiae.
Robert G. Vial, Dallas, Texas, Gordon S. Rather, Jr., Little Rock, Arkansas, for American Board of Trial Advocates-Amicus Curiae.
Before: BECKER, GREENBERG, and WELLFORD, Circuit Judges.