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ADOLF v. A.P.I., INC.

Civ. Nos. A1-89-98 thru A1-89-138, A1-89-45 and A1-89-46.

726 F.Supp. 764 (1989)

Oscar ADOLF, Plaintiff, v. A.P.I., INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. North Dakota, Southwestern Division.

November 14, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. McNair, Lamb, McNair Law Firm, Fargo, N.D., for Asbestos Corp., Ltd. and Atlas Turner, Inc.

Ralph Walker, Davis, Hockenberg Law Firm, Des Moines, Iowa, Ronald McLean, Serkland Law Firm, Fargo, N.D., for Armstrong World Ind., Inc., Flexitallic Gasket Co., Inc., GAF Corp., Keene Corp., U.S. Gypsum Co., A.P. Green, National Gypsum, Turner Asbestos, Turner Newell and Union Carbide.

Mary Terzino, and John Borger, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.

Eugene D. Buckley, Collins, Buckley Law Firm, St. Paul, Minn., for Fibreboard Corp., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corp.

Colleen Saande, Dosland Law Firm, Moorhead, Minn., for U.S. Mineral Products.

Jon Parrington, Pustorino Law Firm, Minneapolis, Minn., for MacArthur Corp.

Paul Oppegard, Gunhus Law Firm, Moorhead, Minn., and Wayne A. Hergott, Moss & Barnett, P.A., Minneapolis, Minn., for Flintkote.

Kyle B. Mansfield, Meagher Law Firm, Minneapolis, Minn., for A.H. Bennett, S.O.S. Products.

Steven Storslee, Fleck Law Firm, Bismarck, N.D., for W.R. Grace & Co.

Robert Cragg, Cragg & Fobbe, Hopkins, Minn., for A.P.I., Inc.

William Lucas, Lundberg Law Firm, Bismarck, N.D., for Building Sprinkler Co.

Patrick Fisher, McConn Law Firm, Grand Forks, N.D., for Combustion Engineering.

Duane Arndt, Arndt & Benton, P.A., Minneapolis, Minn., for Eagle-Picher.

Gerald Haga, Degnan Law Firm, Grand Forks, N.D., for Crane Packing.

Patrick Morley, O'Grady Law Firm, Grand Forks, N.D., for Garlock, Inc.

Stephen Plambeck, Nilles Law Firm, Fargo, N.D., for Empire Ace Insulation.

Doug Herman, Vogel Law Firm, Fargo, N.D., for Grant Wilson.

Elizabeth Runyan Greise, Shea & Gardner, Washington, D.C., for Cassiar Mining Corp.

Michael Fiergola, Zuger, Kirmis Law Firm, Bismarck, N.D., for Carey-Canada, Inc. Celotex Corp.

Robert Bennett, Bennett Law Firm, Minneapolis, Minn., for Crown Cork & Seal Co.

B. Timothy Durick, Pearce & Durick, Bismarck, N.D., for Rutland Fire & Clay.

Richard Jeffries, Jeffries Law Firm, Moorhead, Minn., for SEPCO.

George Soule, Bowman & Brooke, Minneapolis, Minn., and Steven Cahill, Cahill Law Firm, Moorhead, Minn., for Hercules Chemical.

Gary D. Sharp, MacArthur Law Firm, Detroit, Mich., and Michael Nelson, Ohnstad, Twitchell, West Fargo, N.D., for Southern Textile, H.K. Porter Co.

Susan M. Hansen, Stich, Angell Law Firm, Minneapolis, Minn., and Craig Richie, Richie & Associates, Fargo, N.D., for Asbestos Product Mfg. Corp., Asbestospray Corp., Spraycraft Corp., H. & A. Const. Corp.

David Walker, Sproul Law Firm, Valley City, N.D., for F & C Supply, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

VAN SICKLE, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Oscar Adolf and the other 41 plaintiffs are workers and their families. Plaintiffs claim that exposure to asbestos fibre has caused them personal injury in the form of pulmonary asbestos-caused disease and disability. In total, forty-two defendants have been named, including those who mined, manufactured, processed, imported, converted, compounded, retailed, or wholesaled substantial...

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