Blannie S. WILSON, Administratrix of the Estate of Henry J. Wilson, Deceased, Appellant,
v.
JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION, et al.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 20, 1982.
Decided July 30, 1982.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Peter C. DePaolis, Washington, D. C., with whom Joseph H. Koonz, Jr., and Roger C. Johnson, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.
Leslie H. Wiesenfelder, Washington, D. C., with whom John P. Schnitker for GAF Corp., Washington, D. C., John F. Mahoney, Jr., for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Washington, D. C., Robert E. Scott, Jr., for Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, James R. Bucher for Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Washington, D. C., Robert P. Watkins for Raybestos Manhattan, Inc., Washington, D. C., James W. Greene for Pittsburgh Corning Corp., Washington, D. C., Francis X. Quinn for Keene Corp., Washington, D. C., Kevin R. McCarthy for Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc., Washington, D. C., Francis J. Ford for Armstrong Cork Co., Washington, D. C., John Jude O'Donnell for Unarco Industries, Inc., Washington, D. C., and Paul F. Sheridan for Fibreboard Corp., Washington, D. C., were on the joint brief for appellees.
James C. Gregg, Washington, D. C., for Pittsburgh Corning Corp.
Randell Hunt Norton, Washington, D. C., for Unarco Industries, Inc.
Before GINSBURG and BORK, Circuit Judges, and EDMUND L. PALMIERI, Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a novel and difficult legal issue in the context of the mounting volume of litigation relating to deaths or injuries caused by exposure to asbestos products.1 We are asked to decide whether manifestation of any asbestos-related disease (in this case, asbestosis) triggers the running of the statute of limitations on all separate, distinct...
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