GRABOWSKI v. TURNER & NEWALL

Civ. A. Nos. 78-3046 and 79-4337 to 79-4342.

516 F.Supp. 114 (1980)

Louis GRABOWSKI and Helen Grabowski v. TURNER & NEWALL, et al. Carl A. DaMATO and Rose DaMato v. BELL ASBESTOS MINES, LTD., et al. Pearl LINDAHL, Admn. of the Estate of Fred S. Lindahl, Deceased v. BELL ASBESTOS MINES, LTD., et al. Margo L. GRAVATT, Admn. of the Estate of Clifford Henry Gravatt, Jr., Deceased v. BELL ASBESTOS MINES, LTD., et al. Modesta C. MARINCOLA, Admn. of the Estate of Paul G. Marincola, Deceased v. TURNER & NEWALL, LTD., et al. Albert SAYLOR, Admn. of the Estate of Jennie Saylor v. TURNER & NEWALL, et al. Jennie I. PEARSON, Admn. of the Estate of Richard D. Pearson, Deceased v. BELL ASBESTOS MINES, LTD., et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

October 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Rubin, Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin & Maxwell, Lansdale, Pa., Thomas Mullaney, Jr., Norristown, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Robert M. Britton, Post & Schell, P. A., Philadelphia, Pa., for Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd.

Donald J. P. Sweeney, Philadelphia, Pa., for Special Asbestos Co., Inc.

John P. Mason, Philadelphia, Pa., for Turner & Newall, Ltd.

Edward Greer, Mesirov, Gelman, Jaffe, Cramer & Jamieson, Philadelphia, Pa., for GAF Corp.

Swartz, Campbell & Detweiler, Philadelphia, Pa., for Certain-Teed Corp.

Patrick T. Ryan, Ward T. Williams, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., David Booth Beers, Shea & Gardner, Washington, D. C., for Cassiar Asbestos Corp., Ltd.

Theodore W. Flowers, Richard M. Jordon, White & Williams, Philadelphia, Pa., for Huxley Development Corp.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NEWCOMER, District Judge.

Defendants move for summary judgment in these cases, asserting that plaintiffs in each case did not file suit within the period allowed by the appropriate statute of limitations. Because of the similarity of legal issues among these cases, the Court will consolidate its rulings with one memorandum of law.

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