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BATEMAN v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORP.

Nos. 85-4176, 85-4300 and 85-4433.

781 F.2d 1132 (1986)

Claude BATEMAN, Plaintiff, Clara Mae Bateman Graffeo, Individually, and on Behalf of Octavia Mae Bateman Graffeo, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORP., et al., Defendants, Keene Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 5, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Thompson, New Orleans, La., for Pittsburg Corning.

Robert S. Rooth, L. Havard Scott, III, New Orleans, La., for Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Sylvia Landry, New Orleans, La., for Raymark Industries, Inc.

Kathleen M. Overcash, Bert Wilson, Lafayette, La., for Keene Corp.

M. Blake Monrose, Lafayette, La., for Celotex Corp.

Edward O. Taulbee, IV, Lafayette, La., for Combustion Engineering, Inc.

Maria I. O'Byrne Stephenson, New Orleans, La., for Rockwool Mfts.

Daniel A. Reed, William C. Kaufman, Baton Rouge, La., for Fibreboard Corp.

Cheryl A. Denney, M.H. Gertler, Gertler & Gertler, New Orleans, La., for Clara Mae Bateman Graffeo.

Jacob D. Landry, New Iberia, La., for Flintkote Co.

James R. Nieset, Lake Charles, La., for Nicolet, Inc.

Frederick L. Cappel, Lake Charles, La., for Owens Corning Firberglas Corp.

Robert N. Ryan, William L. Brockman, New Orleans, La., for Gaf Corp.

M.N. Grossel-Rossi, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, JOHNSON and E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity-based asbestos case, we are presented with the question whether Louisiana law allows the application of the theory of market share liability to a case where the plaintiffs are unable to show that any of the defendants manufactured or supplied the asbestos product thought to have injured the plaintiffs' decedent. Bound by precedent, and seeing no indication from the Louisiana courts or legislature that...

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