STARLING v. SEABOARD COAST LINE R. CO.

Civ. A. Nos. CV 281-109, CV 281-84 and CV 280-128.

533 F.Supp. 183 (1982)

Ella Mae STARLING, Plaintiff, v. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, et al., Defendants. Ralph K. BUIE, Plaintiff, v. GAF CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. Robert E. STAPLETON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Georgia, Brunswick Division.

January 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Middleton, Jr., Savannah, Ga., R. Jackson, B. Smith, Jr., Augusta, Fla., for plaintiff in all cases.

Ronald L. Motley, Barnwell, S. C., for plaintiff in Nos. 281-109 and 281-84.

Jesse W. Hill, Edward E. Dorsey, Sewell K. Loggins, Michael V. Elsberry, Atlanta, Ga., William C. Reed, Augusta, Ga., James E. Mahar, Jr., Gainesville, Ga., Patrick J. Rice, Neal W. Dickert, Augusta, Ga., Frederick F. Saunders, Jr., Mary E. Mann, John E. Talmadge, Atlanta, Ga., J. Douglas Stewart, George W. Brinson, Gainesville, Ga., J. Wayne Pierce, Henry E. Scrudder, Jr., Richard P. Schultz, Carr, Abney, Tabb & Schultz, Atlanta, Ga., Henry G. Garrard, III, Athens, Ga., Tommy T. Holland, Robert A. Barnaby, II, Malcolm McArthur, Albert H. Parnell, Atlanta, Ga., James M. Thomas, Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, Ga., Jeffrey Silberfeld, Garden City, N. Y., John T. Woodall, Savannah, Ga., William H. Whaley, Atlanta, Ga., Thomas Gray, Jr., Savannah, Ga., for defendants in all cases.

Peter K. Klintz, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants in No. 281-109.

Ann Bishop Conn, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants in Nos. 281-109 and 281-84.

Ashley Royal, Kent, Barrow & Royal, P. C., Savannah, Ga., for defendants in No. 281-84.

Charles B. Mikell, Jr., Savannah, Ga., Andrew T. Berry, Newark, N. J., Edgar A. Neely, Jr., Edgar A. Neely, III, and Richard K. Hines, V, H. Andrew Owen, Atlanta, Ga., William T. Daniel, Jr., Savannah, Ga., Williston C. White, Stephen L. Goldner, Atlanta, Ga., Paul W. Painter, Jr., R. Clay Ratterree, Karsman, Brooks, Painter & Callaway, P. C., Kenneth C. Etheridge, Asst. U. S. Atty., Savannah, Ga., for defendants in Nos. 281-84 and 280-128.

William S. Davies, Jr., Nelson, Mullins, Grier & Scarborough, Columbia, S. C., Larry Hogan, Atlanta, Ga., James B. Wall, Augusta, Ga., Marc Z. Edell, Morristown, N. J., for defendants in No. 280-128 and for third party defendants in No. 280-128.

Oliver B. Dickins, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Timothy Callaway, III, Savannah, Ga., for defendants in No. 280-128.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ALAIMO, Chief Judge.

The above-captioned actions, along with Finleyson v. Combustion Engineering, Inc., et al., CV 281-62 and Beasley v. Shook & Fletcher Insulation Co., et al., CV 281-132 comprise the asbestosis cases currently pending in this division of the Southern District of Georgia. The complaints in these cases allege at least five theories of liability: negligence, strict liability, civil conspiracy...

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