TURNBAUGH v. GAF CORP.

Civ. A. No. 86-0747.

765 F.Supp. 1537 (1991)

John C. TURNBAUGH and Rosemary Turnbaugh, his wife, Plaintiffs, v. GAF CORPORATION, Raymark Industries, Inc., Celotex Corporation, successor in interest to Philip Carey Mfg. Co., Philip Carey Corporation, Briggs Mfg. Co., and/or Panacon Corp., Keene Building Products Corporation, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Owens Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Owens Illinois Inc., Garlock, Inc., Combustion Engineering, Fiberboard Corporation, A-Best Products Co., A.P. Green Refractories Co., Standard Asbestos Mfg. and Insulating Co., Nichias Corporation and Manville Asbestos Disease Compensation Fund, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

June 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Henderson, Henderson and Goldberg, Pittsburgh, Pa., for John C. Turnbaugh and Rosemary Turnbaugh.

David R. Johnson, Thomson, Rhodes and Cowie, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Raymark Industries, Inc.

Arnold Klein, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Fredric Goldfein, Philadelphia, Pa., for Garlock, Inc.

Wendell B. Alcorn, Jr., John F. Mariani, Calwalader, Wickersham and Taft, New York City, for Nichias Corp.

Patrick Riley, Vincent DeFalice, Egler, Anstandig Garrett and Riley, Gerald C. Paris, Diane Perer, Ronald Jones, Reed, Smith, Shaw and McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Celotex Corp., Fiberboard Corp., Keene Bldg. Products Corp., Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. and Owens Illinois, Inc.

Concetta A. Silvaggio, Willman and Arnold, Pittsburgh, Pa., for A-Best Products Co.

Daniel Ryan, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman and Goggin, Philadelphia, Pa., for Manville Asbestos Disease Comp. Fund.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

LEE, District Judge.

Presently before the Court in this action for damages for alleged exposure to asbestos are the Motions of Fiberboard Corporation and Owens-Illinois, Inc., for summary judgment based on lack of product identification.

The defendants assert, inter alia, that plaintiffs have not identified any asbestos-containing products of the movants to which the plaintiff-husband was exposed and therefore the plaintiffs...

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