LILLGE v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.

Civ. A. No. 82-C-1287.

602 F.Supp. 855 (1985)

Kathryn L. LILLGE, personally and as personal representative of the Estate of Raymond L. Lillge, Plaintiffs, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, et al., Defendants, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORP., Third Party Plaintiff, v. NICOLET, INC., et al., Third Party Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

February 22, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert J. Goldberg, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff.

Donald H. Carlson, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant Johns-Manville Sales.

Mark S. Young, Milwaukee, Wis., for third party defendant Owens-Corning Fiberglass.

Robert H. Riley, Chicago, Ill., for third party defendant Owens-Illinois.

Frank R. Terschan, Milwaukee, Wis., for third party defendant Nicolet, Inc.

James Samuelsen, Milwaukee, Wis., for third party defendants H.K. Porter Co. and Southern Asbestos.

Jeffrey A. Schmeckpeper, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant Eagle-Picher Ind.

Nancy Rice Gruber, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant Keene Corp.

James A. Pitts, Racine, Wis., for defendant Pittsburgh Corning.

John D. Bird, Jr., Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant Jim Walter Corp.

Arnold J. Wightman, Madison, Wis., for third party defendant Ryder Industries.

James P. O'Neill, Milwaukee, Wis., for third party defendant Atlas Asbestos.

Arthur J. Vlasak, Milwaukee, Wis., for third party defendant Forty-Eight Insulations.

James P. Brennan, Milwaukee, Wis., for third party defendant Raybestos Manhattan.

Thomas H. Harrington, Milwaukee, Wis., for third party defendant Fibreboard Corp.

James G. Doyle, Brookfield, Wis., for third party defendant Standard Asbestos.

James E. Culhane, Milwaukee, Wis., for third party defendant GAF Corp.

Frank M. Coyne, Madison, Wis., for third party defendant American Mut. Liability Ins.

Robert E. Wrenn, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant Owens-Illinois.

Donald C. Fellows, Milwaukee, Wis., for third party defendant Rock Wool Mfg.

Peter S. Nelson, Appleton, Wis., for third party defendant Armstrong Cork Co.


DECISION AND ORDER

REYNOLDS, Chief Judge.

This is a products liability action arising out of injuries allegedly caused by exposure to asbestos fibers. Jurisdiction is based on diversity. The plaintiff alleges in count four of her complaint that the defendants, in their manufacture and distribution of asbestos products, adhered to practices and customs of the industry respecting the manner of use and warnings...

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