HERBER v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.

Nos. 85-5185, 85-5258.

785 F.2d 79 (1986)

Lester R. HERBER, Appellant in No. 85-5185, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION; Johns-Manville Sales Corporation; Lake Asbestos Co., Inc.; North American Asbestos Co., Inc.; Philip Carey Company, a Division of Panacon Corporation (a/k/a Carey Canadian, a subsidiary of Jim Waters, Inc.); Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation; Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc.; Nicolet Industries, Inc.; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation; GAF Corporation; Celotex Corporation; Armstrong Cork Company; Unarco Industries Inc.; H.K. Porter Co., Inc., Thermoid Division; Southern Asbestos Company; J.P. Stevens, Inc.; Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.; Amatek Corporation; Delaware Asbestos and Rubber Company; Dacor Inc.; Fiberboard Corporation, Pabco Industrial Products Division; Keene Corporation; Glen Aldon, Inc.; Rapid American, Inc.; Turner Newall Ltd.; Keasbey Mattison Company; Certain Teed Products Corporation; U.S. Rubber Co., Inc.; Asbestos Textile Institute Inc.; Uni-Royal Inc.; Carolina Asbestos Company; J. Franklin Burke Co.; General Asbestos Co.; Asbestos Textile Co.; Ruberoid Company Inc.; and John Doe(s). Appeal of EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant in No. 85-5258

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 5, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Pettit, Neil R. Peterson (Argued), Greitzer & Locks, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant Lester R. Herber.

Andrew T. Berry (Argued), Gita F. Rothschild, Honora M. Keane, McCarter & English, Newark, N.J., for defendants-appellees Pittsburgh Corning Corp. and Eagle-Picher Industries.

James F. McNaboe, Jeffrey A. Cohen, Schwartz & Andolino, P.A., Livingston, N.J., for defendant-appellee and cross-appellant, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.

James E. Farrell, Jr., Terrence P. McGeever, Joseph D. Szczepaniak, Curran, Mylotte, David & Fitzpatrick, Westmont, N.J., for appellee Pittsburgh Corning Corp.

Donald S. MacLachlan, Connell, Foley & Geiser, Newark, N.J., for H.K. Porter Co., Inc. & Southern Textile.

Before ADAMS, GIBBONS, and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied April 3, 1986.

OPINION OF THE COURT

STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:

The judgment in this diversity action was entered on a jury verdict finding the appellee asbestos suppliers liable to appellant but awarding him no damages. This appeal raises a number of important issues which have been debated for some time in federal and state asbestosis litigation in New Jersey.

The appellant, Lester R. Herber, charges...

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