PURCELL v. ASBESTOS CORP., LTD.

9311-07674; CA A85339.

963 P.2d 729 (1998)

155 Or. App. 1

Marlene PURCELL, Personal Representative of the Estate of John Purcell, Deceased, Respondent-Cross-Appellant, v. ASBESTOS CORPORATION, LTD., a Canadian corporation; Armstrong World Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, in its individual capacity and as successor-in-interest to Armstrong Cork Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation; A.P. Green Refractories Co., individually and as successor-in-interest to E.J. Bartells, a Delaware corporation; Fibreboard Corporation, a Delaware corporation; GAF Corporation, a Delaware corporation; United States Gypsum Company, a Delaware corporation, individually and as successor-in-interest to A.P. Green and E.J. Bartells; National Gypsum Company, a California corporation; Turner & Newall PLC, a British corporation and its subsidiary J.W. Roberts Limited; Union Carbide Chemicals And Plastics Company, Inc., a New York corporation, successor-in-interest to Union Carbide corporation; Flexitallic, Inc., a Delaware corporation; United Pipe & Supply Co., Inc., an Oregon corporation; Paramount Supply Co., an Oregon corporation; Mar-Dustrial Sales, Inc., an Oregon corporation; Quimby Welding Supplies, Inc., an Oregon corporation, Acands, Inc.; and Pittsburg-Corning Corporation, Defendants, and Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, a Delaware Corporation and E.J. Bartells Company, a Washington corporation, Appellants-Cross-Respondents, and Department of Justice, State of Oregon, Cross-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided July 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Hungar, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, DC, and Jay W. Beattie and Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler, Portland, for petition.

Before DEITS, C.J., and RIGGS and LANDAU, JJ.


Appellant Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation's Petition for Reconsideration May 6, 1998.

DEITS, Chief Judge.

Defendant Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (Owens) petitions for reconsideration of our opinion. Purcell v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd., 153 Or.App. 415, 959 P.2d 89 (1998). Owens contends that our "decision overlooks and/or misperceives certain facts" and that our conclusions...

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