LOPEZ v. JOHNS MANVILLE

No. C84 155M.

649 F.Supp. 149 (1986)

Albert LOPEZ, Shirley Lopez, husband and wife, v. JOHNS MANVILLE, Amatex, Unarco, Raymark Industries, Fibreboard Corporation, Pittsburgh Corning, Owens Illinois, Owens Corning Fiberglas, Celotex, Keene Corporation v. USA.

United States District Court, W.D. Washington.

May 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Truman R. Castle, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs.

Richard Hilfer, Bangs, Castle, Schnautz & Hilfer, P.S., Carney, Stephenson, Badley, Smith, Mueller & Spillman, Eileen Concannon, Garvey, Schubert, Adams & Barer, Patrick Sheldon, Karr, Tuttle, Koch, Campbell, Mawer & Morrow & Sax, Paul Gibbs, Williams, Lanza & Gibbs, Jon Hunt, Stafford, Frey & Mertel, James Murphy, Michael McKay, McKay & Gaitan, Charles Moren, Moren Lageschulte & Cornell, Seattle, Wash., Richard Feldman, Rivkin, Leff, Sherman & Radler, Garden City, N.Y., for defendants.

H. Michael Semler, JoAnn Bordeaux, Torts Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Chris Pickrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for U.S.


ORDER GRANTING MOTION OF UNITED STATES FOR DISMISSAL

McGOVERN, Chief Judge.

INTRODUCTION

The United States moves to dismiss the third-party claims of Raymark Industries, Inc. and Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. or for summary judgment. This case, and eighteen others in which the United States is a third-party defendant, arises out of asbestos exposure at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS); both manufacturers who have brought third-party claims in...

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