STRICKLAND v. JOHNS-MANVILLE INTERN. CORP.

Civ. A. Nos. 75-H-492, 75-H-870, 75-H-906, 76-H-1499 and 73-H-1072.

461 F.Supp. 215 (1978)

Roy M. STRICKLAND v. JOHNS-MANVILLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION et al. H. J. BURKE v. STANDARD ASBESTOS MANUFACTURING AND INSULATING COMPANY et al. H. J. PLITT v. STANDARD ASBESTOS MANUFACTURING AND INSULATING COMPANY et al. Clarence N. SIMPSON, Sr. v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORPORATION et al. Claude A. DUNN v. JOHNS-MANVILLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION et al.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

November 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Sharp, Jr., Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

James H. Barker, Talbert, Giessel & Stone, Inc., Houston, Tex., for Standard Asbestos Man. & Insulating.

Gerald P. Coley, Vinson, Elkins, Searls, Connally & Smith, Houston, Tex., for Unarco Industries, Inc. & Raybestos.

F. Walter Conrad, Jr., Baker & Botts, Houston, Tex., for Ruberoid Co.

Pike Powers, Jr., Beaumont, Tex., for Johns-Manville Inter. Cor. & Johns-Manville Products Cor.

W. N. Arnold, Jr., Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., for The Celotex Cor., Armstrong Cork Co., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.

Richard H. Caldwell, Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook & Knapp, Houston, Tex., for Pittsburgh Corning Cor.

James W. Mehaffy, Jr., co-counsel with Jim Barker, Mehaffy, Weber, Keith & Gonsoulin, Beaumont, Tex., for Standard Asbestos Manufacturing & Insulating.

William E. Matthews, Sewell, Junell & Riggs, Houston, Tex., for Combustion Engineering, Inc.

Frank M. Bean, Bean & Manning, Houston, Tex., for Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.

Geo. A. Weller, Weller, Wheelus & Green, Beaumont, Tex., for Fibreboard Corporation and Pabco Industrial Products Corp.

Michael F. Smith, Houston, Tex., for intervenor.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SINGLETON, District Judge.

The above-styled-and-numbered cases have been consolidated with nineteen others for the purpose of discovery. These four cases are now before the court for consideration on motions for summary judgment. Each motion is based on the allegation that the plaintiff's cause of action is barred by Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 5526 (1958), the Texas Statute of Limitations.

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