FRANCOIS v. RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC.

No. C-83-2737 RFP.

577 F.Supp. 434 (1983)

Clarence FRANCOIS, Plaintiff, v. RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

December 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin N. Glickfeld, Cartwright, Sucherman, Slobodin & Fowler, Inc., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff Clarence Francois.

Dennis K. Ames, Christopher Cannon, La Follette, Johnson, Schroeter & DeHaas, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant The Flintkote Co.

Richard B. Evans, Gudmundson, Siggins & Stone, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

John J. Murray, Jerome P. Harrison, Law Offices of John J. Murray, Redwood City, Cal., for defendant U.S. Gypsum Co.

Elizabeth Williams, Winingham, Roberts, Rogie & Fama, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.

Brian W. Aherne, Dennis K. Ames, La Follette, Johnson, Schroeter & DeHaas, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant Standard Insulations, Inc.

Mark L. Shea, Popelka, Allard, McCowan & Jones, San Jose, Cal., for defendant Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.

Anthony Griffin, St. Clair, Zappettini, McFetridge & Griffin, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Nicolet, Inc.

Mark T. Pallis, Berry & Berry, Oakland, Cal., for defendant Celotex Corp.

Richard S. Bishop, Bishop, Barry, Howe & Reid, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant PPG Industries, Inc.

Mark L. Cederborg, Mullally & Cederborg, Oakland, Cal., for defendants Keene Corp. and Keene Bldg. Products Corp.

James N. Penrod, Delbert C. Gee, Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers & Huber, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Pittsburgh Corning Corp.

John F. Van de Poel, Edward M. Price, Van De Poel, Strickland & Haapala, Oakland, Cal., for defendant ACands, Inc.

William A. Levin, Law Offices of Ronald E. Hothem, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Fibreboard Corp.

Charles Negley, Douglas Wah, Maloney, Chase, Fisher & Hurst, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

PECKHAM, Chief Judge.

SUMMARY

The defendants in this asbestos action have filed three motions to dismiss: (1) a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction; (2) a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim; and (3) a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The first two motions (lack of subject matter jurisdiction and failure to state a claim) have been made by various defendants,

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