Martha Jo CATHEY, Plaintiff-Appellant (82-5393), Plaintiff-Appellee (82-5425),
Mary Cavett, Administratrix, Plaintiff-Appellee (82-5580),
v.
JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION; Raymark Industries; the Celotex Corporation; Pittsburgh-Corning Corporation; Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation; Fibreboard Corporation; GAF Corporation; Nicolet, Inc.; Southern Asbestos Company and Owens-Illinois, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees (82-5393),
Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Defendant-Appellant (82-5425, 82-5580)
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued February 19, 1985.
Decided November 13, 1985.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
H. Douglas Nichol (argued), Paul Gillenwater, Gillenwater, Whelchel & Nichol, Knoxville, Tenn., for appellant.
Fred H. Cagle, Jr., W. Kyle Carpenter (argued), Knoxville, Tenn., M. Anderson Cobb, Jr., Harris, Shelton, Dunlap & Cobb, Memphis, Tenn., H. Keith Jarvis (argued), Montgomery, Green & Jarvis, Englewood, Colo., for Johns-Manville.
Donald F. Paine, Dwight E. Tarwater (argued), T. Harold Pinkley, Egerton, McAfee, Armistead & Davis, Knoxville, Tenn., for Raymark Industries, Inc.
George B. McGugin; William Southerland (argued), Watkins, McGugin, McNeilly & Rowen, Nashville, Tenn., for Celotex Corp.
Charles C. Trabue, III, Gayle E. Malone, Jr., Gary M. Brown (argued), Trabue, Sturdivant & DeWitt, Nashville, Tenn., for Pittsburgh-Corning Corp.
Darrell G. Townsend, Howell, Fisher, Branham & North, Nashville, Tenn., for Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp.
Hugh J. Moore, Jr. (argued), Witt, Gaither & Whitaker, Chattanooga, Tenn., for GAF Corp.
Graham Bartlett, Knoxville, Tenn., for Nicolet, Inc.
William A. Young (argued), Taylor & Grover, Knoxville, Tenn., for Fibreboard Corp.
Louis C. Woolf (argued), Robert G. McDowell, J. Randolph Bibb, Jr., Baker, Worthington, Crossley, Stansberry & Woolf, Nashville, Tenn., for Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Before KEITH and JONES, Circuit Judges, and NEWBLATT, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
KEITH, Circuit Judge:
These two cases involve actions for personal injuries brought against various manufacturers of asbestos containing insulation products. Although the two cases have been consolidated on appeal, given the number and complexity of the issues raised by each case, we will analyze each case separately.
I.
CAVETT v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION
This appeal arises out of an action brought by plaintiff, James O. Cavett...
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