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FARZETTA v. TURNER & NEWALL, LTD.

Nos. 85-1759, 85-1760.

797 F.2d 151 (1986)

George FARZETTA v. TURNER & NEWALL, LTD., Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., Turner Asbestos Fibres, Ltd., Brinco Mining Ltd., Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., Carey Canada, Inc., Johns-Manville Corp.; Johns-Manville Amiante Canada, Inc.; Managing Agent of Johns-Manville Sales Corp.; Huxley Development Corp.; Gaf Corporation; the Celotex Corporation Inc. v. CERTAINTEED CORP.; Certain Teed Corp.; Special Materials Inc-Wisconsin; Norca Corporation. Appeal of BELL ASBESTOS MINES, LTD. Appeal of ASBESTOS CORPORATION, LTD.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 1, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic L. Goldfein (argued), Ellen Brown Furman, Goldfein and Joseph, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

Edward Rubin (argued), Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin & Maxwell, Lansdale, Pa., for appellee.

Before GIBBONS, BECKER and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity case two asbestos suppliers appeal from default judgments entered against them after they declined to defend a tort action brought by an individual who alleged that he had contracted asbestosis by virtue of contact with asbestos supplied by them. We affirm.

I.

The appellants are Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd. (Bell) and Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. (ACL), corporations that supply raw...

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