MILLER v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 89-1097.

949 F.2d 1088 (1991)

Raymond E. MILLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. (successor to Armstrong Cork Company, a Pennsylvania corp.); Acands, Inc., a Delaware corp.; Combustion Engineering, Inc. (successor to M.H. Detrick Company & Walsh Refractory, a Delaware corp.); Fibreboard Corporation (successor to Plant Rubber & Asbestos Co., a Delaware corp.); GAF Corporation (successor to Ruberoid Corp., a Delaware corp.); National Gypsum Company, a Delaware corporation (successor to Keasby & Mattison Corp., a Delaware corp.); Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation (a Delaware corp.); Pittsburgh Corning Corporation (successor to Unarco Industries, Inc.); Raymark Industries, Inc. (successor to Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.); Turner & Newall, Ltd. (successor to Keasby & Mattison Corp.), a public corporation organized under the laws of the United Kingdom; and United States Gypsum Company, a Delaware corp., Defendants, and The Celotex Corporation (successor to Phillip-Carey Manufacturing Corp., a Delaware corp.); Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., an Ohio corp.; the Keene Corporation (successor to Baldwin-Ehert Hill Co. and Corp.); and Owens-Illinois, Inc. (successor to Owens-Illinois Glass Co., an Illinois corp.), Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Conard Metcalf and Michael A. Patrick, Williams, Trine, Greenstein & Griffith, P.C., Boulder, Colo., for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael L. O'Donnell of White & Steele, P.C.; James D. Hinga of Baker & Hostetler, Denver, Colo.; Peggy S. Ball of Pryor, Carney and Johnson, Englewood, Colo., and William G. Meyer of Hutchinson, Black, Hill & Cook, Boulder, Colo., for defendants-appellees.

Before McKAY, Chief Judge, SEYMOUR, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges.


BRORBY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Raymond Miller brought this diversity action in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado against various manufacturers and distributors of asbestos products (together, Defendants)1 alleging that he developed asbestosis, an asbestos-related disease, as a result of his exposure to Defendants' products. Plaintiff is presently appealing from an Order of the district court granting Defendants...

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