POWELL v. GAF CORP.

Civ. No. 85-0109.

638 F.Supp. 25 (1986)

Lewis and Regina POWELL, Plaintiffs, v. GAF CORP., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania, Third Circuit Division.

January 6, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. DeSanto, DeSanto & DeSanto, Scranton, Pa., Antonio D. Pyle, John W. Pfeifer, Henderson & Goldberg, P.C., Poughkeepsie, Pa., for Powell.

John F. Ledwith, Philadelphia, Pa., for Keene Corp.

J.R. Bialkowski, Bialkowski, Fine, & Bialkowski, Scranton, Pa., for Forty Eight Insulat. Inc.

Peter J. Lynch, McCarter & English, Philadelphia, Pa., for Owens-Illinois, Inc.

R. Kenneth Willman, Alan G. Blandino, Weaver, Willman & Arnold, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Combustion Engineering Inc.

Andrew J. Hailstone, Scranton, Pa., for Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.

Patrick R. Riley, Egler, Anstandig, Garrett & Riley, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp.

J. Scott Brady, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for Celotex Corp.

Patrick R. Riley, Vincent A. DeFalice, Egler, Anstandig, Garrett & Riley, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Celotex Corp., Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Keene Bldg. Products Corp.

Joseph I. Fineman, Philadelphia, Pa., for Empire Ace Insulation Mfg. Corp.

Gerald C. Paris, Diane W. Perer, Ronald R. Jones, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp., Owens-Illinois, Inc.

C. Leon Sherman, Sherman & Picadio, Pittsburgh, Pa., for GAF Corp.

Thomas B.K. Ringe, III, Palmer, Biezup & Henderson, Philadelphia, Pa., for Anchor Packing Co.

William G. Boyle, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Uvalde Rock Asphalt Co.

James E. O'Brien, Jr., Kennedy, O'Brien, McCormack & Mulcahey, Scranton, Pa., for John Crane-Houdaille, Inc.

Richard E. Rush, Thomason, Rhodes & Cowie, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Raymark Industries, Inc.

Mark F. Macdonald, Goldfein & Joseph, Philadelphia, Pa., for Garlock, Inc.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NEALON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs commenced this diversity action against several defendants on January 25, 1985, alleging that Plaintiff, Lewis Powell ("Powell"), contracted asbestosis as a proximate result of exposure to defendants' asbestos products. Defendant Keene Corporation ("Keene") filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and a supporting brief on June 27, 1985. Keene supplemented its motion by letter dated October 17, 1985...

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