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FOSTER WHEELER USA v. OWENS-ILLINOIS

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595 So.2d 439 (1992)

FOSTER WHEELER USA CORPORATION v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., and Keene Corporation. (Two Cases) NATIONAL BULK CARRIERS, INC., et al. v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., and Keene Corporation. AMERICAN FOREIGN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, et al. v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., and Keene Corporation. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION and Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc. v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., and Keene Corporation.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 28, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grey Redditt, Jr. and Lisa A. Bradford of Adams and Reese, Mobile, for appellant Foster Wheeler USA Corp.

Joseph M. Allen, Jr., Gregory C. Buffalow and Tracy P. Turner of Johnstone, Adams, Bailey, Gordon & Harris, for appellants Alcoa S.S. Co., Inc., American Foreign S.S. Corp., American Tankers Corp. of Delaware, California Tanker Co., Central Gulf Lines, Inc., Central Gulf S.S. Corp., Chevron Shipping Co., Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Farrell Lines, Inc., Gulf and South American S.S. Co., Inc., Gulf Trading and Transp. Corp., Keystone Shipping Co., Keystone Tankship Corp., Lykes Bros. S.S. Co., Inc., Moore-McCormack Resources, Inc., National Bulk Carriers, Inc., United Fruit Co. and Waterman S.S. Corp.

Michael B. Kinnard and Cynthia K. Mancebo of Baker, Worthington, Crossley, Stansberry & Woolf, Knoxville, Tenn., and Alan Wheeler of Starnes & Atchison, Birmingham, for appellee Owens-Illinois, Inc. and Keene Corp.

ADAMS, Justice.

These appeals arise out of the claims of seamen against their former employers (the owners and operators of ships on which they served) and various manufacturers, alleging injuries from exposure to asbestos products while aboard these ships. The facts and procedural background of this litigation are thoroughly set out in Sheffield v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp., 595 So.2d 443 (Ala.1992), which involved...

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