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MARTIN v. AMERICAN PETROFINA, INC.

No. 84-3563.

779 F.2d 250 (1985)

Victor L. MARTIN, (Clara Lea Martin, Sandra Martin Fisher and Robert W. Martin, as the Personal Representative of appellant Victor L. Martin, for substitution in the place and stead of appellant, Victor L. Martin, Deceased), Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. AMERICAN PETROFINA, INC., et al., Defendants, and Benjamin Foster, Division of Anchem Products, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woodley, Barnett, Cox, Williams, Fenet & Palmer, Edmund E. Woodley, James B. Doyle, Lake Charles, La., for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee.

George R. Covert, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, BROWN and GEE, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Victor Martin worked as a pipefitter at various industrial plants in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from the mid-1950s until the early 1980s. He brought this action in the district court against various manufacturers of asbestos-containing insulation products, alleging that his exposure to asbestos at work caused him to contract mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung lining. The district court rendered summary judgment in favor of five defendants, and fourteen...

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