FRANZ v. GAF CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 85-2418.

650 F.Supp. 602 (1986)

Patricia FRANZ, Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Franz, deceased, and Patricia Franz, in her own right, Plaintiff, v. GAF CORPORATION, Combustion Engineering, Inc. and Foster-Wheeler Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

December 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Henderson, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

R. Kenneth Willman, Alan G. Blandino, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Combustion.

C. Leon Sherman, Pittsburgh, Pa., for GAF.

Paul H. Titus, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Foster-Wheeler.


OPINION

GERALD J. WEBER, District Judge.

Plaintiff initiated this wrongful death action at Civil Action No. 85-2418 after being denied permission to amend its complaint to assert wrongful death claims in a related asbestos action at Civil Action No. 84-1316. In that original action, decedent Charles Franz brought a lifetime action against Raymark Industries, Inc. and others, who then joined GAF Corporation and Combustion Engineering, Inc. among others as...

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