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WASHINGTON v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 87-4774. Summary Calendar.

839 F.2d 1121 (1988)

Lillian WASHINGTON, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Arsane Washington, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., et al. Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 16, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmo Lang, Pascagoula, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Aultman, Tyner, McNeese, Weathers & Gunn, Jon Mark Weathers, James D. Johnson, Hattiesburg, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Thomas W. Tardy, III, Jackson, Miss., for Combustion Engineering, Inc.

Richard L. Forman, Walter G. Watkins, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for Celotex Corp., Fibreboard Corp., Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, WILLIAMS and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Lillian Washington filed suit against Armstrong World Industries and other manufacturers of asbestos for damages arising from the death of her husband, Arsane Washington. Mr. Washington died in December 1982 of colon cancer which Mrs. Washington alleges resulted from 32 years of occupational exposure to asbestos. She claims damages under theories of strict liability, negligence and breach of warranty.

Armstrong filed for summary judgment on the...

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