ST. JOSEPH HOSP. v. CELOTEX CORP.

No. 87-8140.

874 F.2d 764 (1989)

ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The CELOTEX CORPORATION, as Successor to the Spraycraft Corporation (a Delaware Corporation), United States Gypsum Company (a Delaware Corporation), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greene, Buckley, Derieux & Jones, John D. Jones, Carla A. Ford, Atlanta, Ga., for Celotex.

Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Ralph W. Brenner, Stephen A. Madva, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants-appellants.

Freeman & Hawkins, Julia Bennett Jagger, Atlanta, Ga., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Thomas B. Kenworthy, Frank L. Corrado, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for U.S. Gypsum.

Blatt & Fales, Edward J. Westbrook, Charleston, S.C., Daniel A. Speights, Hampton, S.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before VANCE and CLARK, Circuit Judges and GARZA, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

St. Joseph Hospital filed an action in district court on March 10, 1986 against four manufacturers of fireproofing material containing asbestos. This material was sprayed in St. Joseph's building in the course of renovations in 1969 and 1970. St. Joseph discovered the asbestos in 1984 and brought this action to recover its cost of removing the asbestos-containing material. The defendants moved for summary judgment asserting that the claim was barred by...

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