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RIDLING v. ARMSTRONG WORLD

Nos. 84-1198-X-C, 84-1432-X-C, 84-1433-X-C, 84-1480-X-C, 85-0070-X-C, 85-0352-X-C, 85-0485-X-C, 85-0419-X-C to 85-0421-X-C, 85-0442-X-C, 85-0566-X-C, 85-0567-X-C, 85-0661-X-C, 85-0666-X-C, 85-0671-X-C, 85-0748-X-C to 85-0750-X-C, 85-0754-X-C, 85-0970-X-C, 85-0997-X-C and 85-1017-X-C.

627 F.Supp. 1057 (1986)

Charles RIDLING, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. Helen WILLIAMS, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. Edna GRAVES, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of L.L. Graves, Deceased, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. Edward YOUNG, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. Lauree CONAWAY, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Louis Conaway, Deceased, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, et al. Joseph MILLER, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. Joseph MORRIS, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. William DAY, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. Herman DICKENS, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. Richard YOUNG, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. Calvin JONES v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. Earl WHEELER, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. William HAYES, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. Donald MILLER, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. Bernys WHEELER, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. John SARGENT, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. Daniel IRVING, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. Robert PIERCE, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. C.P. McINTYRE, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. Lauree CONAWAY, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Louise Conaway, Deceased, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, et al. John C. PARKER, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. Travis BYRD, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. John PHILLIPS, et al. v. ARMSTRONG WORLD, et al. Asbestos Litigation Transfers from Northern District of Texas Applicability of Texas Statute of Limitations.

United States District Court, S.D. Alabama, S.D.

January 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell W. Budd and Sarah C. Griffin, Dallas, Tex., Stephen Flynn, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiffs.

James H. Crosby, Vincent A. Noletto, Jr., Michael S. McGlothren, C. Paul Cavender, Brown, Hudgens, Richardson, P.C., Bert S. Nettles, Reggie Copeland, Mobile, Ala., Nettles, Barker & Janecky, for Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Owens-Illinois, Inc., The Celotex Corp./Carey Canada/Carey Canadian Mines, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Fibreboard Corp., H.K. Porter Co., Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corp., Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Keene Corp., ACandS and Turner & Newall.

Michael S. Allred, Thomas L. Kirkland, Jr., Satterfield & Allred, Jackson, Miss., for ACandS.

Donald Stewart, Paul D. Myrick, Mobile, Ala., for Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

Peter V. Sintz, Mobile, Ala., for The Celotex Corp./Carey Canada/Carey Canadian Mines.

E.L. McCafferty, Mobile, Ala., Frank M. Bean, Bean & Manning, Houston, Tex., for Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.

Steven Snyder, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., and Bibb Allen, London, Yancey & Clark, Birmingham, Ala., for Fibreboard Corp.

Grey Redditt, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for H.K. Porter Co.

Robert Hood, Robert Hood & Associates, Charleston, S.C., James B. Newman, Mobile, Ala., for Keene Corp.

James H. Crosby, Vincent A. Noletto, Jr., Michael S. McGlothren, C. Paul Cavender, Mobile, Ala., for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.

Bert S. Nettles, Reggie Copeland, Mobile, Ala., for Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Mark Zeidman, Mayor, Day & Caldwell, Houston, Tex., Henry G. Garrard, III, Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Bryant, P.C., Athens, Ga., for Pittsburgh Corning Corp.

Paul J. Hanley, Jr., Richards, O'Neil & Allejaest, New York City, for Turner & Newall.

W. Michael Atchison, Birmingham, Ala., John H. Holloman, III, Jackson, Miss., for Raymark Industries.

Robert H. Smith, Mobile, Ala., for Nicolet.

Jack W. Morgan, Mobile, Ala., William F. Goodman, III, Jackson, Miss., for GAF.

Frank G. Harmon, III, Houston, Tex., Walter M. Cook, Jr., Lyons, Pipes & Cook, Mobile, Ala., for Crown Cork & Seal.

Thomas W. Tardy, III, Jackson, Miss., Mary Elizabeth Rouse, Mobile, Ala., for Combustion Engineering.

James Johnston, Mobile, Ala., for Standard Insulations.

Wesley Pipes, Mobile, Ala., for Forty-Eight Insulations.

ORDER

HAND, Chief Judge.

This cause is before the Court on plaintiffs' motion to apply the Texas statute of limitations in those actions transferred from the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiffs, Alabama residents, filed their suits in the Northern District of Texas seeking damages for personal injuries caused by exposure to asbestos-containing products manufactured by the various defendants. Upon motion of the defendants, these actions were transferred...

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