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COCHRAN v. E.I. duPONT de NEMOURS

Nos. 90-8113, 90-8535.

933 F.2d 1533 (1991)

Jerry COCHRAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, Geraldine Cochran, Plaintiff, v. E.I. duPONT de NEMOURS, Ren Plastics, Inc., Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Defendants, American Abrasive Metals Co., Devoe & Raynolds Co., Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Grow Group, Inc., Palmer International, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Jerry COCHRAN, Geraldine Cochran, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. E.I. duPONT de NEMOURS, Ren Plastics, Inc., Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Defendants, American Abrasive Metals Co., Devoe & Raynolds Co., Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Grow Group, Inc., Palmer International, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 19, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton Whetstone Sitton and Eugene Brooks, Middleton & Anderson, Savannah, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

R. Wayne Thorpe and Elizabeth Anne Price Gilley, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Ga., for E.I. duPont de Nemours and Ren Plastics.

Williston Carpenter White, Matthew G. Moffett, Jay L. Drew, Fortson & White, and C. Michael Evert, Jr., Evert & Weathersby, Atlanta, Ga., for American Abrasive.

Albert Hunter Parnell and Kimberly A. Houston, Freeman & Hawkins, Atlanta, Ga., for Devoe, Hoechst, Grow Group, Ciba and Palmer Intern.

Johnny Wayne Pierce and David J. Reed, Office of J. Wayne Pierce, Atlanta, Ga., for Palmer Intern.

Before HATCHETT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we examine whether federal maritime jurisdiction extends to personal injury and products liability claims brought by an ex-Navy sailor who was allegedly exposed to silica and asbestos on an aircraft carrier. Because exercise of federal maritime jurisdiction would not advance the policies behind a uniform federal law of admiralty and the state statute of limitations has run, we affirm the district court.

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