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BUMMER v. GAF CORP.

Civ. A. No. 86-692.

697 F.Supp. 194 (1988)

Herbert M. BUMMER and Kathleen Bummer, his wife, Plaintiffs, v. GAF CORPORATION, Raymark Industries, Inc., Celotex Corporation, successor-in-interest to Philip Carey Corporation, Briggs Manufacturing Company and/or Panacon Corporation, Keene Building Products Corporation, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Owens-Illinois Inc., Garlock, Inc., Fibreboard Corporation, Combustion Engineering, Inc., and Standard Asbestos Manufacturing and Insulating Company, Defendants, Anchor Packing Company, United States Gypsum Company National Gypsum Company United States Mineral Products Company and W.R. Grace Company, New Party Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

October 17, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. White, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Carl Shelly, Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for GAF, U.S. Gypsum and Nat. Gypsum.

Patrick R. Riley, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Owens-Corning.

Monica Maghrak, Murphy Taylor & Adams, Pittsburgh, Pa., for U.S. Mineral Products.

Stephen R. Mlinac, Dickie McCamey & Chilcote, Pittsburgh, Pa., for W.R. Grace.

John Repcheck, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Anchor Packing.

John A. Bacharach, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Garlock.

Richard Rush, Thomson Rhodes & Cowie, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Celotex.

MEMORANDUM

GERALD J. WEBER, District Judge.

On April 2, 1986, plaintiffs filed suit against GAF Corporation and several other large manufacturers of products containing asbestos. Plaintiff, Mr. Bummer, alleged that exposure to asbestos products manufactured by the various defendants resulted in cancer of the lung, which was diagnosed in early 1985 and for which he underwent surgical removal on March 2, 1985. He was aware prior to this time of the relation...

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