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IN RE JOINT E. & SO. DIST. ASBESTOS LIT.

No. 1547, Docket 89-6109.

891 F.2d 31 (1989)

In re JOINT EASTERN AND SOUTHERN DISTRICTS ASBESTOS LITIGATION. In the Matter of Sally ROBINSON, as Personal Representative of the Estate and Beneficiaries of Edward Robinson, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Nicolet, Inc., Individually and as Successor in Interest to Keasby & Mattison Company, Certainteed Corporation, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Keasby & Mattison Company, Keene Corporation, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co., the Celotex Corporation, Individually and Successor in Interest to Philip Carey Manufacturing Company, Raymark Industries, Inc., Individually and as Successor in Interest to Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Armstrong Industries, Inc., Individually and as Successor in Interest to Eagle-Picher Company, Defendants, United States of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 29, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Kaufmann, Washington, D.C. (Howard N. Feldman, Laura B. Feigin, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Gregory C. Sisk, Washington, D.C. (Robert S. Greenspan, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before MINER and ALTIMARI, Circuit Judges, and KELLEHER, District judge.

ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we consider the court's jurisdiction to entertain a personal injury claim against the United States for damages allegedly caused by exposure to asbestos on board ships of the United States' merchant fleet during World War II. Plaintiff-appellant Sally Robinson, as representative of the estate of her late husband Edward Robinson, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York ...

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