Bruce DeCOSSE, as trustee for the heirs of Napoleon L. DeCosse, deceased, Appellant,
v.
ARMSTRONG CORK COMPANY, et al., Respondents,
Celotex Corporation, etc., Respondent,
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Respondent,
Eagle-Picher Industries, Respondent,
Empire Asbestos Company, Defendant,
Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, etc., Respondent,
Forty-Eight Insulation Company, Defendant,
Flintkote Company, Respondent,
GAF Corporation, etc., Respondent,
Keene Corporation, Respondent,
MacArthur Corporation, Respondent,
Nicolet Industries, Inc., etc., Respondent,
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Respondent,
Owens-Illinois Corporation, Defendant,
Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Respondent,
Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendant,
Southern Asbestos Company, etc., Respondent,
Standard Asbestos, Respondent,
Unarco Industries, Inc., Respondent.
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May 14, 1982.
May 14, 1982.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Schwebel, Goetz, Sieben & Hanson, James R. Schwebel and John C. Goetz, Minneapolis, for appellant.
Hansen, Dordell, Bradt & Orlaug and Gene P. Bradt, St. Paul, for Armstrong Cork Co.
Murnane, Conlin, White, Brant & Hoffman, Thomas M. Conlin and John S. Mathias, St. Paul, for Celotex Corp.
Louis Tilton, St. Paul, for Combustion Engineering, Inc.
Arndt & Benton, Duane Arndt and Dean D. Larsen, Minneapolis, for Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.
Mahoney, Dougherty & Mahoney and Richard P. Mahoney, Minneapolis, for Fibreboard Paper Products Corp.
Oppenheimer, Wolff, Foster, Shepard & Donnelly, Michael Berens, Mark P. Wine and Catherine A. Cella, Minneapolis, for GAF Corp.
Douglas D. Reid, Minneapolis, for Flintkote Co.
Joyce & McHaffie and Richard T. McHaffie, St. Paul, for Keene Corp.
Pustorino & Pederson and Jon P. Parrington, Minneapolis, for MacArthur Corp.
Lommen, Nelson, Sullivan & Cole, Mark Sullivan and Thomas H. Jensen, Minneapolis, for Nicolet Industries, Inc.
Faegre & Benson, Martin N. Burke and John P. Borger, Minneapolis, for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
Dorsey, Windhorst, Hannaford, Whitney & Halladay, James B. Vessey, Joel A. Flom, Minneapolis, for Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Collins, Buckley, Sauntry & Haugh and Eugene D. Buckley, St. Paul, for Pittsburgh Corning Corp.
Austin, Roth, Sunde, McDonough & Tierney and George S. Roth, Minneapolis, for Southern Asbestos Co.
Meagher, Geer, Markham, Anderson, Adamson, Flaskamp & Brennan, W. D. Flaskamp, Steven D. Jamar, and Bradley M. Jones, Minneapolis, for Standard Asbestos.
Hanft, Fride, O'Brien & Harries and Tyrone P. Bujold, Duluth, for Unarco Industries, Inc.
Mark J. Condon, Minneapolis, for Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., defendant.
Johnson, Fredin, Killen, Thibodeau & Seiler, Thomas R. Thibodeau and James A. Wade, Duluth, for Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.
Supreme Court of Minnesota.
SCOTT, Justice.
The plaintiff below commenced a wrongful death action in Hennepin County District Court on October 3, 1980.1 Defendant below, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, moved for judgment on the pleadings February 4, 1981, arguing that the action was commenced outside the limitation period prescribed by the Minnesota Wrongful Death Act, Minn.Stat. § 573.02, subd. 1 (1976). The other defendants joined in the motion made pursuant...
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