IN RE GENERAL DYNAMICS ASBESTOS CASES

C.M.L. No. 1.

602 F.Supp. 497 (1984)

In re GENERAL DYNAMICS ASBESTOS CASES.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

September 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Embry, Matthew Shafner, O'Brien, Shafner, Bartinik, Stuart & Kelly, Groton, Conn., Stanley Levy and Lawrence W. Burnett, pro hac vice, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Wesley W. Horton, Susan M. Cormier, Moller, Horton & Fineberg, Hartford, Conn., Peter B. Ellis, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, Mass., Richard S. Bartlett, McGann & Bartlett, Vernon, Conn., for intervening plaintiffs.

Frederick B. Tedford, Danaher, O'Connell, Attmore, Tedford & Flaherty, Hartford, Conn., for defendants.

James Ackerman, Ernest Mattei, Day, Berry & Howard, Bourke G. Spellacy, Thomas J. Shortell, Charles F. Corcoran, III, Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, Hartford, Conn., for American Asbestos Textile Corp. a/k/a Amatex.

Joseph Adinolfi, Jr., Joseph A. O'Brien, Joseph P. Fasi, Joseph C. Morelli, James M. Tanski, Hartford, Conn., John Pearson, Bruce Bishop, Willcox, Savage, Dickson, Hollis & Eley, P.C., Norfolk, Va., for Celotex Corp.

Joel J. Rottner, Skelley, Clifford, Vinkels, Williams & Rottner, Hartford, Conn., for Claremont Co., Inc.

Joel J. Rottner, Joseph F. Skelley, Jr., Deborah Samuels Freeman, Skelley, Clifford, Vinkels, Williams & Rottner, Hartford, Conn., for Cummings Insulation.

Edmund T. Curran, David W. Cooney, Hartford, Conn., for Defense Apparel, Inc. (Nuclear & Environmental Protection, Inc.).

Howard B. Field, III, East Hartford, Conn., S. Robert Jelley, William J. Doyle, William H. Prout, Jr., Patrick M. Noonan, Alan G. Schwartz, Wiggin & Dana, New Haven, Conn., William J. Spriggs, Batzel, Nunn & Bode, Washington, D.C., for Eagle Picher.

Robert G. Montstream, Glastonbury, Conn., for Eastern Refractories Co., Inc.

Paul W. Orth, John T. Harris, Hoppin, Carey & Powell, Hartford, Conn., for G.A.F. Corp.

Vincent J. Dowling, Patrick J. Flaherty, Cooney, Scully & Dowling, Hartford, Conn., Gregory C. Willis, Willis & Holahan, Bridgeport, Conn., Joseph Adinolfi, Jr., Joseph P. Fasi, Frederick B. Tedford, Joyce A. Lagnese, L. Wesley Nichols, Danaher, O'Connell, Attmore, Tedford & Flaherty, Hartford, Conn., for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. a/k/a Corning Glass Works Corp.

Maurice T. FitzMaurice, Robert J. Hebron, Edward Spinella, Lawrence H. Lissitzyn, David E. Rosengren, Christopher F. Droney, Reid & Riege, P.C., Hartford, Conn., for Owens-Illinois Corp. and Owens-Illinois Glass Corp.

Hadleigh H. Howd, Hartford, Conn., Peter Ellis, Boston, Mass., Wesley W. Horton, Moller, Horton & Fineberg, Hartford, Conn., for General Dynamics Corp.

John FitzGerald, James M. Moher, Richard S. Bartlett, John Stephen Papa, Howard, Kohn, Sprague & FitzGerald, Hartford, Conn., for H.K. Porter Co., Inc.

Francis J. Wynne, Gould, Killian & Wynne, Hadleigh H. Howd, Winona W. Zimberlin, Gerald S. Sack, Howd & Ludorf, Hartford, Conn., Thomas H. Cotter, John J. Cotter, Bridgeport, Conn., for Johnson Asbestos Corp.

Peter C. Schwartz, Philip J. O'Connor, Gordon, Muir & Foley, Hartford, Conn., for Johns Manville Corp., Johns Manville Products, Inc. and Johns-Manville Sales Corp.

George W. Ripley, Manchester, Conn., Stephen P. Sachner, Robert N. Reynolds, Jr., Fred A. Hitt, Andrew D. Coleman, Hitt, Mihalakos, Sachner & Coleman, Cheshire, Conn., for Keene Corp.

R. Cornelius Danaher, Jr., Frederick B. Tedford, Joyce A. Lagnese, L. Wesley Nichols, John K. Henderson, Jr., Danaher, O'Connell, Attmore, Tedford & Flaherty, Hartford, Conn., Henry Simon, Newark, N.J., for Pittsburgh-Corning Corp.

Arnold J. Bai, Dennis M. Laccavole, James E. Coyne, Bai, Pollock & Dunnigan, Bridgeport, Conn., for Raybestos Manhattan, Inc.

Thomas J. Hagarty, Richard C. Tynan, Halloran, Sage, Phelon & Hagarty, Hartford, Conn., Jeffrey Silberfeld, Rivkin, Leff, Sherman & Radler, Garden City, N.Y., Frederick B. Tedford, Joyce A. Lagnese, Danaher, O'Connell, Attmore, Tedford & Flaherty, Hartford, Conn., for Sepco Corp.

Kevin D. O'Leary, Bruce H. Stanger, Henry C. Ide, Bailey & Wechsler, Frederick B. Tedford, Joyce A. Lagnese, Danaher, O'Connell, Attmore, Tedford & Flaherty, Hartford, Conn., for Shook & Fletcher Insulation Co.

Richard S. Bartlett, John R. FitzGerald, James T. Haviland, II, John Stephen Papa, James M. Moher, Howard, Kohn, Sprague & FitzGerald, Hartford, Conn., for Southern Textile Corp. f/k/a Southern Asbestos Corp.

Michelle E. Stone, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the U.S. of America.

Gregory C. Willis, Marsh, Day & Calhoun, Bridgeport, Conn., for Westinghouse Elec. Corp.


RULING ON MOTION OF THE UNITED STATES FOR DISMISSAL OR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS

BLUMENFELD, Senior District Judge.

The plaintiffs brought these actions to recover damages for injuries suffered from exposure to the defendants' asbestos products; the defendants seek non-contractual indemnification or contribution from the United States. The third-party complaints set forth four counts against the United States. The first three are directed to the...

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