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HALPHEN v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORP.

No. 82-3388.

737 F.2d 462 (1984)

Mrs. Emma Jean HALPHEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 26, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Strong, Pipkin, Nelson, Parker & Bissell, John G. Bissell, Michael L. Baker, Beaumont, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Kermit A. Doucet, Lafayette, La., Helm, Pletcher, Hogan & Burrow, Stephen W. Hanks, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert S. Rooth, New Orleans, La., for amicus curiae Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, POLITZ and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

This Louisiana diversity case occasions an examination of Louisiana strict products liability law, particularly the parameters of the requirement of foreseeability, as applied to a case involving asbestos-related cancer. Johns-Manville appeals a verdict awarding damages for the illness and death of Samuel J. Halphen who succumbed to malignant mesothelioma, which the jury found was caused by exposure to asbestos products manufactured by Johns...

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