ECKLUND v. GAF CORP.

Civ. A. No. 88-2630.

766 F.Supp. 384 (1991)

Roger A. ECKLUND and Carol Ecklund, his wife, Plaintiffs, v. GAF CORPORATION, in its own right and as Successor-in-Interest to the Ruberoid Company; Raymark Industries, Inc., in its own right and as Successor-in-Interest to Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.; Celotex Corporation, in its own right and as Successor-in-Interest to the Philip Carey Manufacturing Co., Philip Carey Corp., Briggs Manufacturing Co., and/or Panacon Corp.; Keene Corporation, in its own right and as Successor-in-Interest to Baldwin Hill Co., Baldwin-Ehret-Hill, Inc., Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co., and to the Insulation Division of Mundet Cork Co., to Mundet Co., and to the Keene Bldg. Products Corp.; Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.; Owens-Corning Fiber-glass Corp.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Garlock, Inc.; Fibreboard Corporation, in its own right and as Successor-in-Interest to Fiberboard Paper Products Corporation, Pabco, Plant Rubber and Asbestos Works, and Plant Asbestos Company, Flexitallic Gasket Company; Foster Wheeler Corporation; Anchor Packing Company; and the Manville Fund, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

June 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas White, Henderson and Goldberg, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

William Haushalter, Rosenberg Kirschner, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Keene Corp.

John J. Repcheck, Sharlock, Repcheck and Mahler, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Anchor Packing Co.

Gerald C. Paris, Reed, Smith, Shaw and McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Fiberboard Corp. and Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Patrick R. Riley, Christopher Beck, Riley, DeFalice and McCarrin, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.

Dennis F. Wolford, Panner, Authenreith, Wolford and Rackley, Beaver, Pa., for Foster Wheeler Corp.

John A. Bacharach, Girman and Bacharach, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Fredric Goldfein, Goldfein and Joseph, Philadelphia, Pa., for Garlock, Inc.

Jan C. Swensen, Swensen and Perer, Pittsburgh, Pa., for GAF Corp. and Flexitallic Gasket Co.

Daniel Ryan, Marshall, Dennehey, Varner and Goggin, Philadelphia, Pa., for Manville Fund.

Richard E. Rush, Thomson, Rhodes and Cowie, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Celotex Corp.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

LEE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, Roger A. Ecklund and Carol Ecklund, his wife, bring this action alleging that the husband-plaintiff was injured as a result of his exposure to asbestos-containing products. Defendants, Keene Corporation (Keene), Flexitallic Gasket Company (Flexitallic), and Owens-Illinois, Inc. (Owens-Illinois), filed Motions for Summary Judgment based upon the lack of product identification. Plaintiffs have no objection...

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