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JOYCE v. A.C. AND S., INC.

Nos. 84-2064, 85-1255.

785 F.2d 1200 (1986)

James Troy JOYCE, Appellant, and William S. Legus, Sr., James S. Moore, William S. Legus, Sr., Executor of the will of Bessie C. Legus, Plaintiffs, v. A.C. AND S., INC., a/k/a Acands, Inc.; Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.; Pittsburgh Corning Corp.; Celotex Corp.; Armstrong Cork Co.; E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc.; Gale Corp.; Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd.; GAF Corp.; Raymark Industries, Inc.; Turner & Newall, PLC, Appellees, and Atlas Turner, Ltd.; Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd.; Keene Corp.; Southern Textile Corp.; Nicolet, Inc.; Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc., Defendants. James Troy JOYCE; William S. Legus, Sr.; James S. Moore; William S. Legus, Sr., Executor of the will of Bessie C. Legus, Appellants, v. E.I. DuPONT de NEMOURS & CO., INC., Appellee, and A.C. and S., Inc., a/k/a Acands, Inc.; Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.; Pittsburgh Corning Corp.; Armstrong World Ind., Inc.; The Celotex Corp.; Fiberboard Corp.; Armstrong Cork Co.; Atlas Turner, Ltd.; Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd.; Gale Corp.; Keene Corp.; Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd.; GAF Corp.; Raymark Industries, Inc.; Southern Textile Corp.; Nicolet, Inc.; Turner & Newall, PLC; Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 28, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel I. Klein (Onek, Klein & Farr on brief) and Thomas Crumplar (Robert Jacobs; Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A.; Fred D. Smith, Jr.; Hartley & Smith, P.C. on brief), for appellants.

John Y. Pearson, Jr. (Willcox, Savage, Dickson, Hollis & Eley on brief) and Lewis T. Booker (Virginia W. Powell; Hunton & Williams on brief), for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS and SNEEDEN, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior United States Circuit Judge, sitting by designation.

JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

James Troy Joyce appeals the dismissal of his claims against various miners and manufacturers of asbestos products1 (manufacturers), and against E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DuPont), his former employer, for damages allegedly resulting from his occupational exposure to asbestos insulation over a period of several years. The district court,

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