KULLMAN v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP.

No. 90-1726.

943 F.2d 613 (1991)

Leroy KULLMAN; Nancy Kullman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1991.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Martens (briefed), Nancy Caine Harbour (argued), Miller, Cohen, Martens & Ice, Southfield, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Susan Healy Zitterman (argued and briefed), Kitch, Saurbier, Drutchas, Wagner & Kenney, Ronald E. Westen, Xhafer Orhan, Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van Zile, Thomas G. Parachini, W. Mack Faison (argued and briefed), James D. Robb, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, James J. Hayes, Jr., Mark C. Smiley, Garan, Lucow, Miller, Seward, Cooper & Becker, Detroit, Mich., Clayton F. Farrell, Collins, Einhorn & Farrell, Southfield, Mich., for defendants-appellees.

Before KRUPANSKY and MILBURN, Circuit Judges, and BERTELSMAN, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 17, 1991.

BERTELSMAN, District Judge.

In this appeal, we must apply the law of Michigan concerning the discovery rule for applying the statute of limitations in products liability actions. Plaintiff, who suffers from asbestosis, sued a number of manufacturers of products to which he was exposed at work. The trial court granted summary judgment to the defendants on statute...

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