CELOTEX CORP. v. PICKETT

No. AW-264.

459 So.2d 375 (1984)

The CELOTEX CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Leonard H. Pickett, Sr., and Linda N. Pickett, His Wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. Schropp and Raymond T. Elligett, Jr., of Shackleford, Farrior, Stallings & Evans, Tampa, for appellant.

Wayne Hogan, of Brown, Terrell, Hogan & Ellis, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellees.


WIGGINTON, Judge.

Appellant, Celotex Corporation, appeals a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict assessing compensatory and punitive damages in favor of appellee Pickett and his wife. The Picketts brought this suit against Celotex, in its capacity as successor in interest to the Philip Carey Manufacturing Company (Philip Carey), and other defendants seeking damages for negligence and strict liability arising from Mr. Pickett's exposure to asbestos in the 1960...

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