FUEHRER v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP.

Civ. Nos. H-83-1007, H-83-1008, H-83-1013, H-83-1056 to H-83-1058, H-84-49, H-84-198, H-84-224, H-84-272 to H-84-274, H-84-496, H-84-497, H-84-548, H-84-597, H-84-632 to H-84-635, H-84-641 to H-84-644, H-84-702 to H-84-704, H-84-706, H-84-707, H-84-931 to H-84-940, H-84-997, H-84-1138 to H-84-1144, H-84-1195 to H-84-1202, H-84-8, H-84-378, H-84-384 to H-84-397 and H-84-399.

673 F.Supp. 1150 (1986)

John F. FUEHRER, et al., John Cwickla, et al., Mary Carusone, Administratrix of the Estate of Frank Carusone, and Individually as the Widow of Frank Carusone, Peter Vollero, et al., John L. Fiorello, et al., Richard Burness, et al., Salvatore Sessa, Tommaso Melaragno, Charles Lathrop, et al., Walter Beck, et al., James Cicarelli, et al., Nicholas P. Wasuck, et al., Edward J. Ryba, et al., Stanley J. Karkut, Francis Sommo, et al., Alcide Huard, et al., Bryce White, et al., James M. Brangi, Sr., et al., Robert Farace, et al., Nancy D'Amelio, Executrix of the Estate of Anthony D'Amelio, Robert M. Shepard, et al., Maurice J. Albert, et al., August Huta, et al., Robert Reardon, et al., Janet A. Scavetta, et al., June Baker Ryba, et al., Elizabeth Paul, Executrix of the Estate of John Paul and Individually, Frances Champagne, et al., Rudolph J. Diaz, et al., William Devoe, Jr., et al., Alfred A. Covensky, et al., Alan David, et al., Dominic Caputo, Frederick J. Weiss, William M. Beckwith, et al., Patricia Lucas, et al., Pasquale Menta, et al., Gerald Kelly, David Benard, Darrell Beaulieu, et al., Michael Santinelli, et al., John A. Rinaldi, et al., Michael Palermo, et al., Edward T. Kaminski, et al., Guido Bartomioli, Vincent Racalbuto, et al., William McMenamy, Jr., et al., Violet Kelly, et al., John J. Gabriel, et al., Dominic A. Platti, Gennaro Laurito, et al., Frank A. Ferraiolo, et al., Joseph Felner, et al., Salvatore Aurora, et al., Harold McDermott, et al. v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, et al. William R. BURCHARD, et al., Saul Ahola, et al., Adelard J. Hebert, et al., William H. Egan, et al., Frank Stahecki, et al., Francis Allen, Sr., et al., Walter Kania, Sr., et al., Frederick J. Drobiak, et al., Francis M. Clements, et al., Raymond X. Sabourin, et al., Peter Ben, et al., George F. White, et al., Ronald J. Mathewson, et al., John Zadora, et al., Arthur J. Niles, et al., Joseph Stahecki, et al., Robert L. Lebeau, et al. v. SPECIAL MATERIALS, INC., et al.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

January 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Early, Paul B. Whitman, John N. Montalbano, Sklarz & Early, New Haven, Conn., for plaintiffs.

Edward S. Pomeranz, James L. Pomeranz, Jason M. Dodge, Pomeranz, Drayton & Stabnick, Hartford, Conn., Richard S. Bartlett, McGann & Bartlett, Vernon, Conn., for intervening plaintiffs.

Frederick B. Tedford, Danaher, O'Connell, Attmore, Tedford & Flaherty, Hartford, Conn., Liaison Counsel for defendants.

Donald W. O'Brien, James M. Tanski, Lois B. Tanzer, Elizabeth Schlaff, O'Brien & Tanski, Hartford, Conn., for AC & S, Inc.

Robert L. Trowbridge, Henry Ide, Trowbridge, Ide & Greenwald, Hartford, Conn., for Ace Asbestos a/k/a/ Empire Ace Insulation Mfg. Corp.

James Ackerman, Ernest Mattei, Day, Berry & Howard, Bourke G. Spellacy, Thomas J. Shortell, Charles F. Corcoran, III, Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, Hartford, Conn., for American Asbestos Textile Corp. a/k/a Amatex.

Jacob H. Channin, Dennis C. Cavanaugh, Cohen & Channin, Hartford, Conn., for Armstrong World Industries, Armstrong Cork Co. a/k/a Armstrong Contracting & Supply Inc., a/k/a Armstrong C & S, a/k/a AC & S, a/k/a AC & S Inc., a/k/a AC and S Inc.

Joseph Adinolfi, Jr., Joseph A. O'Brien, Joseph P. Fasi, Joseph C. Morelli, James M. Tanski, Hartford, Conn., for Carey Canada.

Joseph Adinolfi, Jr., Joseph A. O'Brien, Joseph P. Fasi, Joseph C. Morelli, James M. Tanski, Hartford, Conn., and John Pearson, Bruce Bishop, Willcox, Savage, Dickson, Hollis & Eley, P.C., Norfolk, Va., for Celotex Corp.

Robert Oliver, Carolyn P. Gould, Kenneth Mulvey, New Haven, Conn., for Fibreboard Corp.

Howard B. Field, III, East Hartford, Conn., S. Robert Jelley, William J. Doyle, William H. Prout, Jr., Patrick M. Noonan, Alan G. Schwartz, Wiggin & Dana, New Haven, Conn., William J. Spriggs, Batzel, Nunn & Bode, Washington, D.C., for Eagle Picher.

Richard P. Sperandeo, Barry P. Beletsky, Harold C. Donegan, Sperandeo, Weinstein & Donegan, New Haven, Conn., for Forty-Eight Insulations.

Paul W. Orth, John T. Harris, Hoppin, Carey & Powell, Hartford, Conn., for G.A. F. Corp.

Stephen P. Sachner, Fred A. Hitt, Andrew D. Coleman, Hitt, Mihalakos, Sachner & Coleman, Cheshire, Conn., and George W. Ripley, Manchester, Conn., for Gale Corp.

Maurice T. FitzMaurice, Robert J. Hebron, Edward Spinella, Lawrence H. Lissitzyn, David E. Rosengren, Christopher F. Droney, Reid & Riege, P.C., Hartford, Conn., for Owens-Illinois Corp. and Owens-Illinois Glass Corp.

Vincent J. Dowling, Patrick J. Flaherty, Cooney, Scully & Dowling, Hartford, Conn., Gregory C. Willis, Willis & Holahan, Bridgeport, Conn., Joseph Adinolfi, Jr., Joseph P. Fasi, and Frederick B. Tedford, Joyce A. Lagnese, L. Wesley Nichols, Danaher, O'Connell, Attmore, Tedford & Flaherty, Hartford, Conn., for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. a/k/a Corning Glass Works Corp.

James A. Fulton, Mark R. Carta, Richard Lawler, Whitman & Ransom, Stamford, Conn., for Garlock Inc.

David W. Cooney, Edmund T. Curran, Regnier, Taylor, Curran & Langenback, Hartford, Conn., for H.B. Smith & Co.

John FitzGerald, James M. Moher, Birchard S. Bartlett, John Stephen Papa, Howard, Kohn, Sprague & FitzGerald, Hartford, Conn., H.K. Porter Co., Inc.

Andrew J. O'Keefe, O'Keefe, Dunn & Jackson, Hartford, Conn., for Hammermill Paper Co.

Gregory C. Willis, Willis & Holahan, Bridgeport, Conn., for J.P. Stevens Co., Inc.

Francis J. Wynne, Gould, Killian & Wynne, Hadleigh H. Howd, Winnie W. Zimberlin, Gerald S. Sack, Howd & Ludorf, Hartford, Conn., Thomas H. Cotter, John J. Cotter, Bridgeport, Conn., for Johnson Asbestos Corp.

Peter C. Schwartz, Philip J. O'Connor, Gordon, Muir & Foley, Hartford, Conn., for Johns Manville Corp., Johns Manville Products, Inc., Johns-Manville Sales Corp.

Robert Cathcart, James W. Bergenn, William O. Riiska, Pamela Dempsey, Shipman & Goodwin, Hartford, Conn., for Nicolet Industries.

R. Cornelius Danaher, Jr., Frederick B. Tedford, Joyce A. Lagnese, L. Wesley Nichols, John K. Henderson, Jr., Danaher, O'Connell, Attmore, Tedford & Flaherty, Hartford, Conn., Henry Simon, Newark, N.J., for Pittsburgh-Corning Corp.

Richard S. Bartlett, John R. FitzGerald, James T. Haviland, II, John Stephen Papa, James M. Moher, Howard, Kohn, Sprague & FitzGerald, Hartford, Conn., for Southern Textile Corp., f/k/a Southern Asbestos Corp.

Ernest J. Mattei, Edward M. Richters, Sharon Webb, Day, Berry & Howard, Hartford, Conn., for Standard Insulations, Inc.

L. Douglas Shrader, Zeldes, Needle & Cooper, Bridgeport, Conn., for Special Materials, Inc.

Louis A. Highmark, Jr., Everett F. Fink, West Hartford, Conn., Frederick B. Tedford, Joyce A. Lagnese, Danaher, O'Connell, Attmore, Tedford & Flaherty, Hartford, Conn., for Spraycraft Corp.

Thomas J. Hagarty, Halloran, Sage, Phelon & Hagarty, Hartford, Conn., for Sun Chemical Corp.

Shaun M. Slocum, Edward N. Shay, Shay & Thompson, New Haven, Conn., for U.S. Gypsum Co. a/k/a United States Gypsum Co.

John R. McGrail, Bruce M. Killion, Gillooly, McGrail & Carroll, New Haven, Conn., for U.S. Mineral Products Co.

Thomas D. Clifford, Joel J. Rottner, James G. Geanuracos, Skelley, Clifford, Vinkels, Williams & Rottner, Hartford, Conn., for National Gypsum Co.

George E. McGoldrick, McGoldrick & Cohen, New Haven, Conn., for North American Asbestos Corp.


RULING ON DEFENDANT STANDARD ASBESTOS MANUFACTURING AND INSULATING COMPANY'S MOTION TO DISMISS

BLUMENFELD, Senior District Judge.

Standard Asbestos Manufacturing and Insulating Company (Standard), which has been named as a defendant in all of the cases designated as C.M.L. Groups No. 3 and No. 9, has moved the court pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2) to dismiss those actions against it for lack of personal jurisdiction. Standard, a Missouri corporation with...

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