BIESTERFELD v. ASBESTOS CORP. OF AMERICA

Civ. No. 900321.

467 N.W.2d 730 (1991)

Helen BIESTERFELD and Viola Langseth, personal representatives of the Estate of Raymond E. Baron, deceased, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ASBESTOS CORPORATION OF AMERICA; Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., a foreign corporation; Carey Canada, Inc., a foreign corporation; The Celotex Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Combustion Engineering, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Keene Corporation, a New Jersey corporation; MacArthur Company, a Minnesota corporation, Defendants, Asbestospray Corporation, a New York corporation; Certain-Teed Products Corporation, a Maryland corporation; Crane-Johnson Lumber, a North Dakota corporation; GAF Corporation, a Delaware corporation; H & A Construction Corporation, a New York corporation; Victor H. Leeby Co., a North Dakota corporation; National Gypsum Company, a Delaware corporation; Proko Industries, a Texas corporation; Spraycraft Corporation; Union Carbide, a New York corporation; U.S. Gypsum, a Delaware corporation; W.R. Grace Company, a New Jersey corporation, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

April 2, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Plambeck of Stefanson, Landberg & Plambeck, Moorhead, for defendant and appellee Victor H. Leeby Co. Joined in brief of Maureen Holman.

Daniel L. Hovland of Fleck, Mather & Strutz, Ltd., Bismarck, for defendant and appellee W.R. Grace Co. Submitted brief and adopted legal arguments in brief of Maureen Holman.

David C. Thompson (argued) of Craft, Thompson & Boechler, P.C., Fargo, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Maureen Holman (argued on behalf of all appellees) of Serkland, Lundberg, Erickson, Marcil & McLean, Ltd., Fargo, and Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, Wisc., for defendants and appellees Certain-Teed Products Corp., GAF Corp., Nat. Gypsum Co., Union Carbide, and U.S. Gypsum.

Sheryl Ramstad Hvass and Louise Dovre of Rider-Bennett, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant and appellee Proko Industries. Joined in brief of Maureen Holman.

Garylle B. Stewart of Solberg, Stewart, Boulger, Miller & Johnson, Fargo, for defendant and appellee Crane Johnson Lumber. Joined in brief of Maureen Holman.

Susan Hansen of Stich, Angell, Kreidler & Muth, P.A., Minneapolis, Minn., and Richie & Associates, Fargo, for defendants and appellees Asbestospray Corp., Spraycraft Corp., and H & A Const. Corp. Submitted brief and joined in brief of Maureen Holman.


ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

Helen Biesterfeld and Viola Langseth, as personal representatives of the estate of Raymond E. Baron, appeal from a judgment dated August 3, 1990, issued by the District Court for the East Central Judicial District. Plaintiffs assert that the district court erred in granting the defendants'1 motions for summary judgment on the basis that the time permitted under the...

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