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BALESTRIERI v. BELL ASBESTOS MINES, LTD.

Civ. A. No. 82-1480.

544 F.Supp. 528 (1982)

Americo A. BALESTRIERI and Emma Balestrieri, his wife v. BELL ASBESTOS MINES, LTD., Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., Johns-Manville Corporation, Johns-Manville Amiante Canada, Inc., Managing Agent Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, GAF Corporation, Carey Canada, Inc., The Celotex Corporation, Turner Asbestos Fibres, Ltd., Turner & Newall, Ltd., Manville Corporation.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 27, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Rubin, Lansdale, Pa. and Thomas J. Mullaney, Jr., Norristown, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Edward B. Joseph, Fredric Goldfein, Ominsky, Joseph & Welsh, Philadelphia, Pa., for Asbestos Corp., Ltd.

Robert St. Leger Goggin, Daniel J. Ryan, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for Johns-Manville.

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

Joel Gusky, G. Wayne Renneisen, Philadelphia, Pa., for Carey Canada, Inc.

Thomas O. Malcolm, Malcolm & Riley, West Chester, Pa., for Celotex Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SHAPIRO, District Judge.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs instituted this action in the Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, on January 29, 1982. The complaint charged the defendants with tortious conduct which caused plaintiff, Americo A. Balestrieri, to contract a disease resulting from exposure to asbestos.

The complaint was served on defendants on these dates:

1) GAF Corporation             ...

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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