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CICCARELLI v. CAREY CANADIAN MINES, LTD.

No. 82-1357.

757 F.2d 548 (1985)

Salvatore CICCARELLI et al. v. CAREY CANADIAN MINES, LTD., Johns-Manville Corp., Johns-Manville Products Corp., Johns-Manville Sales Corp., Canadian Johns-Manville Co., Ltd., Canadian Johns-Manville Mining Co., Ltd., Canadian Johns-Manville Asbestos, Ltd., Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd., Asbestos Corp. of America, Asbestos Corp., Ltd., Turner Newell, Ltd., Celotex Corp., Glen Alden, Inc., Rapid American, Inc., North American Asbestos Company, Philip Carely Manufacturing Company, Inc. and GAF Corporation v. CAPE ASBESTOS. Appeal of Norma TARBUTTON, Administratrix of the Estate of John D. Tarbutton, and Norma Tarbutton, on her own behalf and Delores Chale. Administratrix of the Estate of Sullivan Chale, and Delores Chale, on her own behalf and Essie M. Davis, Administratrix of the Estate of Wilmer H. Davis, and Essie M. Davis, on her own behalf and Dorothy Coonan, Administratrix of the Estate of William J. Coonan and Dorothy Coonan on her own behalf and Marjorie R. Newman, Administratrix of the Estate of Charles P. Newman and Marjorie R. Newman on her own behalf and Mary Howard, Administratrix of the Estate of Leonard Howard, and Mary Howard on her own behalf and Antonette Lannutti, Administratrix of the Estate of Peter Lannutti, and Antonette Lannutti on her own behalf and Margaret Luciano, Administratrix of the Estate of Leonard Luciano and Margaret Luciano on her own behalf and Josephine White, Administratrix of the Estate of William Howard White, and Josephine White on her own behalf.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil R. Peterson, Washington, D.C. (argued), Greitzer & Locks, Philadelphia, Pa., Shor, Levin & Weiss, Wyncote, Pa., for appellant.

Joel D. Gusky, G. Wayne Renneisen, Harvey, Pennington, Herting & Renneisen, Ltd., Philadelphia, Pa., for Carey Canadian Mines, Ltd.

Francis Marshall, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Philadelphia, Pa., for Johns-Manville Corp.

Frederic L. Goldfein (argued), Ominsky, Joseph & Welsh, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for Asbestos Corp., Ltd.

Edmund K. John, Malcolm & Riley, West Chester, Pa., for Celotex/Philip Carey Corp.

John Leonard, Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, Philadelphia, Pa., for North American Asbestos Corp.

Robert M. Britton, Post & Schell, Philadelphia, Pa., for Bell Asbestos Mines., Ltd.

Timothy B. Barnard, Beagan, Gannon & Barnard, Media, Pa., for Rapid American/Glen Alden.

Virginia Gibson Mason, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., for Cassiar (Brinco).

Before ADAMS, GIBBONS and WEIS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves the interpretation and application of state statutes of limitation in wrongful death and survival actions. Although the district court erred in holding that as a matter of law defendants in such actions may never be estopped from pleading the statute of limitations, our review of the record discloses insufficient evidence to ground an estoppel argument. Accordingly we will affirm.

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