IN RE NORTH DAKOTA PERSONAL INJURY ASBESTOS LIT.

Civ. Nos. A1-89-098 to A1-89-138, A1-89-145 and A1-89-146.

737 F.Supp. 1087 (1990)

In re NORTH DAKOTA PERSONAL INJURY ASBESTOS LITIGATION NO. 1.

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

May 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Thompson, Fargo, N.D., for plaintiff.

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

Ronald H. McLean, Serkland, Lundberg, Erickson, Marcil & McLean, Ltd., Fargo, N.D., and Ralph Walker, Davis, Hockenberg, Wine, Brown, Koehn & Shors, Des Moines, Iowa, for Armstrong World Industries, Flexitallic Gasket Co., GAF Corporation, A.P. Green Refractories, Keene Corp., National Gypsum, Turner Asbestos Fibres, Turner & Newall PLC, U.S. Gypsum and Union Carbide Corp.

Douglas R. Herman, Vogel, Brantner, Kelly, Knutson, Weir & Bye, Ltd., Fargo, N.D., for Grant Wilson, Inc.

Richard N. Jeffries, Jeffries, Olson & Flom, P.A., Moorhead, Minn., for SEPCO Corp.

Susan M. Hansen, Robert D. Brownson, Stich, Angell, Kreidler & Muth, P.A., Minneapolis, Minn., for Asbestos Products Mfg., Asbestos Corp., Spraycraft and H & A Const. Corp.

Daniel Hovland, Steven A. Storslee, Fleck, Mather, Strutz & Mayer, Ltd., Bismarck, N.D., for W.R. Grace & Co.

Gerald Haga, Degnan, McElroy, Lamb, Camrud, Maddock & Olson, Ltd., Grand Forks, N.D., for Crane Packing Co.

Patrick J. Mastel, Morley & Morley, Ltd., Grand Forks, N.D., for Garlock, Inc.

Jon P. Parrington, Joel Muscoplat, Pustorino, Pederson, Tilton & Parrington, Minneapolis, Minn., for MacArthur Co.

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

John P. Borger, Martin N. Burke, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for Owens-Corning Fiberglas, CertainTeed Corp.

A. William Lucas, Lucas & Smith, Bismarck, N.D., for Building Sprinkler Co., Inc.

Duane A. Lillehaug, Colleen J. Saande, Dosland, Nordhougen, Lillehaug, Johnson & Saande, P.A., Moorhead, Minn., for U.S. Mineral Products Co.

Michael D. McNair, Lamb, McNair, Larson & Carlson, Ltd., Fargo, N.D., for Asbestos Corp., Atlas Turner, Inc.

Eugene D. Buckley, Collins, Buckley, Sauntry & Haugh, St. Paul, Minn., for Owens-Illinois, Inc., Fibreboard Corp. and Pittsburgh Corning.

Charles H. Becker, Meagher & Geer, Minneapolis, Minn., for A.H. Bennett Co. and S.O.S. Products Co.

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

Jody D. Klask, Gary D. Sharp, Cheatham & Acker, Detroit, Mich., for H.K. Porter Co., Inc. and Southern Textile Corp.

Wayne A. Hergott, Moss & Barnett, Minneapolis, Minn., for Flintkote Co.

George W. Soule, Cynthia J. Atsatt, Bowman & Brooke, Minneapolis, Minn., for Hercules Chemical Co., Inc.

Michael G. Fiergola, Zuger, Kirmis, Bolinske & Smith, Bismarck, N.D., for Celotex Corp. and Carey Canada, Inc.

David Booth Beers, Elizabeth Runyon Geise, Shea & Gardner, Washington, D.C., for Cassiar Min.

Stephen W. Plambeck, Nilles, Hansen & Davies, Ltd., Fargo, N.D., for Empire Ace Insulation Mfg.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

VAN SICKLE, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Defendant Cassiar Mining Corporation filed a motion with this Court on January 4, 1990. In its motion, Cassiar requested the Court, "pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2), to dismiss the complaints against it for lack of personal jurisdiction." On February 2, 1990 this Court ordered filed Master Pretrial Order No. 1, consolidating cases A1-89-098 through A1-89-138, A1-89-145, and A1-89-146...

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