IN RE ALL MAINE ASBESTOS LITIGATION (BIW CASES)


589 F.Supp. 1563 (1984)

In re ALL MAINE ASBESTOS LITIGATION (BIW CASES).

United States District Court, D. Maine.

July 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. William Higbee, Brunswick, Me., Thomas W. Henderson, Pittsburgh, Pa., William A. Mulvey, Jr., James G. Noucas, Jr., Mark F. Sullivan, Portsmouth, N.H., Lawrence C. Winger, Portland, Me., Melvin I. Friedman, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, Dan W. Thornhill, Kittery, Me., Ira A. Levy, P.C., Newark, N.J., Michael P. Thornton, Boston, Mass., Donald G. Lowry, Lowry & Platt, Portland, Me., for plaintiffs.

Peter L. Murray, Thomas C. Newman, Portland, Me., for Amchem Products, Inc.

Harrison L. Richardson, Jeffrey Thaler, Thomas Getchell, Portland, Me., for Armstrong World.

M. Roberts Hunt, Glenn Robinson, Portland, Me., for Celotex Corp.

C. Alan Beagle, Portland, Me., for Combustion Engineering.

John R. Linnell, Auburn, Me., for Eagle-Picher Industries.

Thomas Schulten, Portland, Me., for Eastern Refractories.

U. Charles Remmel, Portland, Me., for Fibreboard Corp.

Jack H. Simmons, Lewiston, Me., for Forty-Eight Insulations.

Jotham D. Pierce, Jr., Daniel Emery, Portland, Me., for G.A.F. Corp.

Theodore H. Kurtz, South Paris, Me., for Congoleum.

Frederick C. Moore, Portland, Me., for Cummings Insulation and Claremont Co., Inc.

Arthur A. Cerullo, Portland, Me., for National Gypsum.

John J. Flaherty, Christopher D. Nyhan, Jonathan S. Piper, Portland, Me., for Nicolet, Inc.

Nicholas S. Nadzo, John Montgomery, Portland, Me., for Owens-Corning Fiberglas.

George F. Burns, Portland, Me., for Garlock, Inc.

Phillip D. Buckley, Bangor, Me., for Johns-Manville.

Thomas F. Monaghan, Kevin G. Libby, Deborah J. Ross, Portland, Me., for Keene Corp.

Charles H. Abbott, Steven Wright, Lewiston, Me., for Southern Textile Co.

Randall E. Smith, Saco, Me., for J.P. Stevens & Co.

Robert F. Hanson, Mark G. Lavoie, Portland, Me., for Bath Iron Works Corp.

Peter J. Rubin, Linda Monica, Portland, Me., for Owens-Illinois.

John A. Mitchell, James G. Goggin, Portland, Me., for Pittsburgh Corning.

Charles H. Abbott, Steven Wright, Lewiston, Me., for H.K. Porter Co.

Thomas R. McNaboe, Mark G. Furey, Portland, Me., for Raymark, Inc.

Paula D. Silsby, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Me., Harold J. Engel, Asst. Dir., S. Michael Scadron, Trial Atty. and Joseph B. Cox, Jr., Torts Branch, Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for United States of America.

Peter W. Culley, Stephen C. Whiting, Portland, Me., for Scott Paper Company & Fels Company & Bendix.

Philip K. Hargesheimer, Roger J. O'Donnell, III, Platz & Thompson, Lewiston, Me., for Flintkote Co.

Robert E. Hirshon, Portland, Me., for Standard Asbestos Mfg.


MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT

GIGNOUX, Senior District Judge.

Presently pending in this Court are approximately fifty actions which have been brought by present and former employees, and the representatives of deceased employees, of Bath Iron Works (BIW), a private shipyard in Bath, Maine, against various manufacturers and suppliers of asbestos-containing products. Plaintiffs seek recovery of compensatory and punitive damages for injuries...

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