O'STRICKER v. JIM WALTER CORP.

No. 82-403.

4 Ohio St. 3d 84 (1983)

O'STRICKER ET AL., CO-EXECUTORS, APPELLANTS, v. JIM WALTER CORPORATION ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 13, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Komito, Nurenberg, Plevin, Jacobson, Heller & McCarthy Co., L.P.A., Mr. Maurice L. Heller, Mr. Harlan M. Gordon, Mr. Richard C. Alkire and Mr. Thurlow Smoot, for appellants.

Hesser, Armstrong, Toomey & Disantis Co., L.P.A., Mr. Richard J. Disantis and Mr. William E. Blackie, III, for appellee W.R. Grace Co.

Mr. Joseph N. Giamboi, for appellee Spraycraft Corporation.

Mr. David Ross, for appellee Carey Canada, Inc.

Mr. Frank S. Hurd and Mr. Hilary S. Taylor, for appellee U.S. Mineral Products Co.

Mr. James L. Malone, for appellees Celotex Corp. and Panacon Corp.

Robert E. Sweeney Co., L.P.A., Mr. Robert E. Sweeney and Mr. Thomas H. Terry, III, urging reversal for amici curiae, plaintiffs similarly situated.

Messrs. Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Mr. Thomas P. Mulligan, Mr. Michael A. Nims, Mr. Robert C. Weber, Mr. Peter A. Carfagna and Mr. Stephen Q. Giblin, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Johns-Manville Sales Corp.


CLIFFORD F. BROWN, J.

The issue raised for decision by this court is whether plaintiff's action is barred under R.C. 2305.10, the statute of limitations for bodily injury actions. Plaintiff claims his injury (cancer) was caused by exposure to asbestos products mined, manufactured and distributed by defendants.

The past decade has seen an explosion of asbestos-related injury claims against various defendants engaged in asbestos industries. A recent Wall Street...

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