TYSON v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORP.

79-144 to 79-153, 79-323 and 79-518 to 79-523.

399 So.2d 263 (1981)

James R. TYSON, et al. v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Clay Alspaugh and R. Ben Hogan, III of Hogan, Smith & Alspaugh, Birmingham, for appellants.

Albert H. Parnell and A. Lane Young of Freeman & Hawkins, Atlanta, Ga., and Lyman H. Harris of Lorant, Harris & Yearout, Birmingham, for Johns-Manville Sales Corp.

James L. Clark of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Sommerville, Birmingham, for appellee Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.

Thomas W. Christian of Balch, Bingham, Baker, Hawthorne, Williams & Ward, Birmingham, for appellee Celotex Corp.

James S. Sledge of Inzer, Suttle, Swann & Stivender, Gadsden, for appellee Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc.

John H. Morrow and Walter J. Sears, III, Birmingham, Henry G. Garrard, III of Erwin, Epting, Gibson & McLeod, Athens, Ga., for appellee Pittsburgh Corning Corp. and Combustion Engineering, Inc.

Wilbur J. Hust, Jr. of Zeanah, Donald & Hust, Tuscaloosa, for appellee Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.

Bibb Allen of London, Yancey, Clark & Allen, Birmingham, for appellee Fibreboard Corp.

William B. Eyster of Eyster, Eyster, Key & Tubb, Decatur, for appellee Keene Corp.

Eugene D. Martenson of Huie, Fernambucq, Stewart & Smith, Birmingham, for appellee Unarco Industries, Inc.

Joe R. Wallace of Davies, Williams & Wallace, Birmingham, for appellee Armstrong Cork Co.

William E. Hereford of Hereford & Blair, Pell City, for appellee Nicolet Industries.

John W. Clark, Jr. of Porterfield, Scholl, Clark & Harper, Birmingham, for appellee Rock Wool Manufacturing Co.

Sydney F. Frazier, Jr. of Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, for appellee GAF Corp.

William J. Sullivan, Jr. of Sadler, Sadler, Sullivan, Sharp & Stutts, Birmingham, for appellee Flintkote Company, Inc.

Robert D. Norman of Norman, Fitzpatrick & Wood, Birmingham, for appellee Standard Asbestos Manufacturing and Insulating Co., Inc.

W. Michael Atchison of Stranes & Atchison, Birmingham, for appellee Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.


PER CURIAM.

This is a consolidated appeal by plaintiff asbestos workers, from an order entered in favor of the defendant manufacturers of asbestos products allegedly causing asbestosis injury to the plaintiffs, which held Act No. 80-566, Acts of Alabama 1980, to be inapplicable to these cases and unconstitutional. We reverse the judgment appealed from and remand the several cases for reconsideration in light of this opinion.

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