AUSTIN v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORP.

Civ. No. 78-122 P.

508 F.Supp. 313 (1981)

Margaret AUSTIN, Admx., Estate of Blaine Austin, Plaintiff, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION et al., Defendants. ARMSTRONG CORK, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. BATH IRON WORKS CORPORATION, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

February 24, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick N. McTeague, Charles Priest, John Reitman, Brunswick, Me., for plaintiff.

Harrison L. Richardson, Portland, Me., for third-party plaintiff.

Robert F. Hanson, Mark G. Lavoie, Portland, Me., for third-party defendant.


MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT

GIGNOUX, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Margaret Austin, as administratrix of the estate of Blaine Austin, a former employee of Bath Iron Works Corporation (BIW), has filed this wrongful death action under the Maine Wrongful Death and Survival Statutes, 18 Me.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 2551 et seq.; 18 Me.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 2501. Defendants are a number of manufacturers of asbestos products who allegedly sold their...

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