Charlotte E. NEUBAUER, personally and as personal representative of the Estate of Clifford S. Neubauer et al., Joy Skofronick, personally and as personal representative of the Estate of Clifford E. Mason, Walter J. Presechnik, Clarence O. Reimer and Mary M. Reimer, Darwin Frank Witkowski, Sr., and Eleanore Witkowski, Clarence P. Lillge and Hertha E. Lillge, Erich E. Eckoldt and Mamie Eckoldt, Robert J. Gaynor and Lavellette Gaynor, Plaintiffs,
v.
OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, a foreign corporation et al., Defendants.
William GLOBIG and Kathrine A. Globig, Robert A. Wetzel and Grace M. Wetzel, Plaintiffs,
v.
JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES COMPANY et al., Defendants.
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January 9, 1981.
January 9, 1981.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Albert J. Goldberg, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs.
Kurt H. Frauen and Mark Young, Milwaukee, Wis., for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
Donald H. Carlson, Milwaukee, Wis., for Johns-Manville Sales Co.
Robert E. Hankel, Racine, Wis., for Pittsburg Corning Corp.
Daniel J. Stangle and Donald Lieb, Milwaukee, Wis., for Keene Corp.
Jeffrey A. Schmeckpeper, Milwaukee, Wis., for Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.
John D. Bird, Jr., Milwaukee, Wis., for Jim Walter Corp. and Celotex Corp.
Jack R. Wiedabach and Thomas N. Harrington, Milwaukee, Wis., for Fibreboard Corp.
Harney B. Stover, Jr. and James E. Culhane, Milwaukee, Wis., for GAF Corp.
Richard S. Gibbs and John R. Hoaglund, Jr., Milwaukee, Wis., for Owens-Illinois, Inc.
James P. O'Neill, Milwaukee, Wis., for Atlas Asbestos Co.
Ralph Wm. Bushnell and Bruce D. Huibregtse, Madison, Wis., for H. K. Porter Co., Inc. and Southern Asbestos Company.
Frank R. Terschan, and Dennis G. Frzezinski, Milwaukee, Wis., for Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc. and Nicolet Inc.
Arthur J. Vlasak, Milwaukee, Wis., for Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc.
Maurice J. McSweeney, Frederick C. Moore and James R. Clark, Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, Wis., for National Gypsum Co.
Stanley F. Schellinger, James G. Doyle, and Robert R. Beltz, Milwaukee, Wis., for Standard Asbestos Manufacturing and Insulating Co.
Michael J. Pfau and Eric J. Van Vugt, Milwaukee, Wis., for Unarco Industries, Inc.
Peter S. Nelson, Appleton, Wis., for Armstrong Cork Co.
James P. Brennan, Milwaukee, Wis., for Raybestos Manhattan, Inc.
Hanlin J. Hayes, Tom E. Hayes and James Samuelsen, Milwaukee, Wis., Richard J. Kreul, Racine, Wis., for H. K. Porter Co., Inc. and Southern Asbestos Co.
United States District Court, E. D. Wisconsin.
DECISION AND ORDER
REYNOLDS, Chief Judge.
These actions are product liability suits brought for the recovery of damages for injuries allegedly sustained by the plaintiffs or their decedents as a result of the inhalation of asbestos dust. In the eight cases in which the male plaintiffs contracted asbestosis (C.A. Nos. 77-C-491, 77-C-492, 78-C-43, 78-C-44, 78-C-131, 78-C-544, 79-C-117, and 79-C-980), motions to dismiss and for summary judgment have been brought...
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