BAUER v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.

No. H-80-668 Civil.

599 F.Supp. 33 (1984)

Alta BAUER, Administratrix of the Estate of Royal C. Bauer, and Alta Bauer, Individually, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, Et Al.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

June 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Embry, O'Brien, Shafner, Bartinik, Stuart & Kelly, Groton, Conn., for plaintiff.

Joseph Adinolfi, Jr., Joseph A. O'Brien, Hartford, Conn., for Celotex Corp.

Joseph P. Kenny, Kenny & Brimmer, Hartford, Conn., for Union Asbestos.

Patrick J. Flaherty, Cooney, Scully & Dowling, Hartford, Conn., for Owens-Corning.

Maurice T. FitzMaurice, Joseph R. Lupica, Reid & Riege, P.C., Hartford, Conn., for Owens-Ill.

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

George W. Ripley, Garrity, Walsh, Diana & Wichman, Manchester, Conn., for Keene Corp.

Robert J. Cathcart, Shipman & Goodwin, Hartford, Conn., for Nicolet Industries.

Jacob H. Channin, William G. Speed IV, Hartford, Conn., for Armstrong Cork, Armstrong Contracting & Supply Inc. (Armstrong C & S, AC & S, ACANDS, Inc.).

Peter C. Dorsey, New Haven, Conn., for Fibreboard Paper Products.

S. Robert Jelley, William Doyle, William Prout, New Haven, Conn., for Eagle Picher.

Richard Sperandeo, Harold Donegan, New Haven, Conn., for 48 Insulations Corp.

R. Cornelius Danaher, Robert C. Danaher, Frederick Tedford, Hartford, Conn., for Pittsburgh Corning Corp.

Dion Moore, Bridgeport, Conn., for Robert A. Keasbey Co.

Francis J. Wynne, Gould, Killian & Wynne, Hartford, Conn., for Johnson Asbestos Corp.

Taggart D. Adams, Kelley, Drye & Warren, Stamford, Conn., for Benjamin Foster Co.

Peter C. Schwartz, Gordon, Muir & Foley, Hartford, Conn., for Johns-Manville.

Hadleigh H. Howd, Gerald S. Sack, Hartford, Conn., for Johnson Asbestos.

John R. FitzGerald, James M. Moher, Hartford, Conn., for H.K. Porter Co., Inc. & Southern Textile Corp.


RULING ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

BLUMENFELD, Senior District Judge.

The plaintiff as administratrix brought this suit for damages claiming that her husband died from injuries caused by his exposure to asbestos products manufactured by the defendants. The plaintiff has also asserted a claim in her individual capacity for loss of consortium. One of the defendants, Johnson Asbestos Corporation, has moved for summary judgment on the ground that this entire...

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