SHINE v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.

No. 91-3006.

979 F.2d 93 (1992)

Catherine SHINE, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Cornelius Shine, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, and Keene Corporation, successor in interest to Baldwin-Ehret-Hill, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Mulvihill, Cooney & Associates, Kevin J. Conway (argued), Cooney & Conway, Terrence M. Johnson, Chicago, Ill., for Catherine Shine.

Catherine Masters Epstein (argued), Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Robert L. Martier, Baker & Martier, M. Jayne Rizzo, Julian Solotorovsky, Carolyn Quinn (argued), John Dames, Kelley, Drye & Warren, Chicago, Ill., for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.

Before COFFEY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and WOOD, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Catherine Shine filed this action in May 1987 against numerous manufacturers and distributors of asbestos, including the appellants herein, to recover damages allegedly resulting from her husband's exposure to products containing asbestos. Mr. Shine died of lung cancer in November 1986.

This case was originally consolidated with other asbestos cases before Judge Charles Kocoras for pleading, discovery...

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