LOCKE v. JOHNS-MANVILLE

Record No. 790171.

275 S.E.2d 900 (1981)

Douglas T. LOCKE v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Edward Allen, III, Richmond (Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

C. Michael Montgomery, Norfolk (Henry C. Morgan, Jr., Peter C. Manson, Jr., Robert M. Hughes, III, Steven G. Schwartz, William B. Eley, Norfolk, A. James Kauffman, Richmond, William L. Dudley, Jr., Gerard E. W. Foyer, Norfolk, James C. Roberts, Richmond, Pender, Coward, Addison & Morgan, Eley, Rutherford & Leafe, Norfolk, Taylor, Hazen, Bryant & Kauffman, Richmond, Doumar, Pincus, Knight & Harlan, Taylor, Walker & Adams, Norfolk, Mays, Valentine, Davenport & Moore, Richmond, on briefs), for appellees.

Before CARRICO, C. J., HARRISON, COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON and THOMPSON, JJ., and HARMAN, S. J.


COMPTON, Justice.

In this products liability case, we consider only a statute of limitations question. We must determine when plaintiff's cause of action accrued in this personal injury suit alleging that the disease of mesothelioma resulted from inhalation of asbestos particles. According to the record, this disease is a cancerous tumor most often found in the pleura, or lining, of the victim's lung.

Appellant Douglas T. Locke, the plaintiff below, filed...

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