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VAUGHN v. MARINE TRANSPORT LINES, INC.

Civ. No. JFM-87-1656.

723 F.Supp. 1126 (1989)

Margaret E. VAUGHN v. MARINE TRANSPORT LINES, INC.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

October 18, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Amoto, IV, Goodman, Meagher & Enoch, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff.

John Nagle, III, Power and Mosner, Towson, Md., George Adams, R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Tydings and Rosenberg, Patrick Smith, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, Kieron Quinn, Kathryn Goldman, Quinn, Ward & Kershaw, P.A., A. Douglas Owens, Baltimore, Md., Richard Lerch, Lerch and Huesman, Michael Mann, Mann and Whelley, P.A., Towson, Md., James Eyler, Miles and Stockbridge, Baltimore, Md., H. Emslie Parks, Parks, Hansen & Ditch, Towson, Md., Rodger Robertson, Curran-Owens Building, James Bartlett, III, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Baltimore, Md., for defendant.

OPINION

MOTZ, District Judge.

This case raises far-reaching issues concerning (1) the responsibility of manufacturers of asbestos products (and manufacturers of equipment containing asbestos) to undertake the defense of an unseaworthiness claim brought against a shipowner by a seaman suffering from an asbestos-related disease, and (2) the effects upon a manufacturer of a settlement between the seaman, the shipowner and other manufacturers.

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