Van HARVILLE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
JOHNS-MANVILLE PRODUCTS CORP., et al., Defendants-Appellees.
JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORP., et al., Third Party-Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
YARWAY CORPORATION, et al., Third Party-Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 7, 1984.
May 7, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Roy C. Williams, Pascagoula, Miss., Michael J. McElhaney, Jr., Lively M. Wilson, Louisville, Ky., Donald F. Pierce, Mobile, Ala., for Johns-Manville.
Jasper P. Juliano, Jack J. Hall., Birmingham, Ala., for Yarway Corp.
Horace Moon, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for Hopeman Brothers.
Christopher G. Hume, III, Joe H. Little, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for J.P. Stevens & Co., Inc.
J. Jerry Langford, Clifford K. Bailey, III, Jackson, Miss., for Amatex Corp.
James A. Philips, Mobile, Ala., for John Crane Houdaville, Inc.
Robert N. Kelly, Washington, D.C., for United States.
William L. Lee, III, Alan C. Livingston, Dothan, Ala., for Darcoid Co.
Timothy P. McMahon, Mobile, Ala., for Garlock, Inc.
Robert A. Huffaker, Montgomery, Ala., for Sepco-Corp.
E. Elliott Barker, Mobile, Ala., John M. Toriello, Stephen K. Carr, New York City, for Owens Illinois, Inc.
Robert Smith, Mobile, Ala., for Nicolet, Inc.
Peter V. Sintz and Mary Beth Mantiply, Mobile, Ala., for Celotex Corp.
Larry W. Harper, Birmingham, Ala., for Pittsburg Corning.
Thomas W. Tardy, Jackson, Miss., Beth McFadden Rouse, Mobile, Ala., for Combustion Engineering.
John N. Leach, Jr., E.L. McCafferty, Mobile, Ala., for Eagle Picher.
W. Michael Atchison, Birmingham, Ala., for Raybestos-Manhattan (Raymark Industries, Inc.).
Wes Pipes, Walter M. Cook, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc.
James H. Crosby, Vincent A. Noletto, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp.
Frank Grey Reddit, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for H.K. Porter Co.
Richard F. Pate, Pate & Peters, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.
Before KRAVITCH, JOHNSON and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
This case involves the question whether the maritime jurisdiction of the federal courts encompasses damage claims by land-based ship repair workers against manufacturers and distributors of asbestos products for injuries allegedly induced by exposure to air-borne asbestos fibres. We hold that, because the plaintiffs' claims have insufficient nexus to the traditional concerns of maritime law and because...
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