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JOHNSON v. ARMSTRONG CORK CO.

Civ. A. Nos. 82-2605, 85-0050, 85-1192, 85-2756 and 85-3544.

645 F.Supp. 764 (1986)

Richard I. JOHNSON et ux. v. ARMSTRONG CORK COMPANY et al. Leonard FEITT et ux. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. et al. Bobby FULGIUM et ux. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. et al. John Marvin UNDERWOOD v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. et al. Willie THOMAS et ux. v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION et al.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

October 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Baron, Janice E. Robinson, Baron & Bud, Dallas, Tex., for all plaintiffs.

Thomas Bergstedt and Richard Perles, Scofield, Bergstedt, Gerard, Mount & Veron, Lake Charles, La., for Fibreboard Corp., The Celotex Corp., Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Keene Corp., Pittsburg-Corning, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., H.K. Porter Co., Inc., Union Carbide Corp., Carey Candian Mines, Ltd.

Maury Hicks, Hicks & Bookter, Shreveport, La., and Mary H. Thompson, Baton Rouge, La., for Nicolet, Inc. (successor to Keasbey-Mattison Corp.):

Linda S. Harang, J. Michael Johnson, McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, La., for Crown Cork and Seal Co., Inc. (successor to Mundet Cork Co.)

MEMORANDUM RULING

STAGG, Chief Judge.

At the pretrial conference held in these asbestos cases which are consolidated for trial, the court announced its intended rulings on two issues: the admissibility of state-of-the-art evidence and the admissibility of cancer evidence. This memorandum is issued to serve as guidance for future asbestos litigants in this court.

I STATE-OF-THE-ART

In Halphen v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.,

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