CIMINO v. RAYMARK INDUSTRIES, INC.

Civ. A. No. B-86-0456-CA.

739 F.Supp. 328 (1990)

Claude CIMINO, et al. v. RAYMARK INDUSTRIES, INC., et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

June 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Umphrey, Diane Dwight, Greg Thompson, Umphrey, Swearingen, Eddins & Carver, Wayne Reaud, Joe Blanks, Reaud, Morgan, and Quinn, Beaumont, Tex., and Ron Motley, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Charleston, S.C., for plaintiffs.

Elizabeth Thompson, Butler & Binion, Houston, Tex., for Carey Canada, Inc.

Robert S. Daggett, Gary Fergus, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal. and R. Lyn Stevens, Weller, Wheelus & Green, Beaumont, Tex., for Fibreboard Corp.

Henry Garrard, III, Bill Harvard, Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Bryant, P.C., Athens, Ga. and Robert Fanning, and Phil Brown, Fanning, Harper & Martinson, Dallas, Tex., for Pittsburgh-Corning.

Robert Arredondo, Butler & Binion, Houston, Tex., for Celotex Corp.

Michael Baker, Strong, Pipken, Nelson & Bissell, Beaumont, Tex., for Asbestos Corp. Ltd.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ROBERT M. PARKER, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case involves the claims of 2,336 Plaintiffs, all alleging that they contracted a disease or injury as a result of exposure to the Defendants' asbestos-containing products while employed at a number of refineries and other worksites in the Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange area. The case proceeded to trial as a class action on the issues of liability and punitive damages...

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