ADVEY v. CELOTEX CORP.

Nos. 90-6233, 90-6319.

962 F.2d 1177 (1992)

James Louis ADVEY, et al., Plaintiffs, Horace Lee Bratcher; Daisy Marie Frazier Bratcher; John Leonard Bratcher; Edwina Faye Mayfield Bratcher; Francis Paul Creger; Patricia Ann Gregory Creger; Ray Anthony Dickens; Iris Elaine Bennett Dickens; Billy Norman Hibdon; Thelma White Davis Hibdon; Cecil Ray Hunter; Sinda Barber Hunter; James Earl McPheron; Shirley Ann Gilliam McPheron; John Wesley Millican; Willodean Durham Millican; John Walter Moore; Ruby Lee Gordon Moore; Alfred Clement Swider; Cecil Ray Todd; Nettie Joy Barrett Todd; Dennis Ray Turner; Rene Louis Willemin; Mary Lou Brewer Willemin; Ann Hall Sparks, individually and for the use and benefit of the next of kin of Richard Stanley Sparks, deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CELOTEX CORPORATION, et al., Defendants, Owens Corning Fiberglas Corporation; Garlock, Inc.; Anchor Packing Company; H.K. Porter Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. James Louis ADVEY, et al., Plaintiffs, Ann Hall Sparks, individually and for the use and benefit of the next of kin of Richard Stanley Sparks, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CELOTEX CORPORATION, et al., Defendants, Owens Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 28, 1992.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Y. Rowland (argued and briefed), James R. LaFevor (briefed), Rowland & Rowland, Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Harry P. Ogden, Gerald L. Gulley, Jr., Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, Knoxville, Tenn., Leonard F. Pogue, III (argued), Morton, Lewis, King & Krieg, Nashville, Tenn., Harmon S. Graves (argued), Charles Q. Socha, Greg L. Perczak, David D. Schlachter, David M. Setter, Robert O. Kristufek, Tilly & Graves, John W. Grund (briefed), Montgomery, Green, Jarvis, Kolodny & Markusson, Denver, Colo., for defendant-appellee Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp.

G. Kevin Hardin, Martin L. Ellis, William D. Vines, Brian C. Quist, Butler, Vines, Babb & Threadgill, Knoxville, Tenn., for defendant-appellee Rock Wool Mfg. Co.

John W. Baker, Jr., Weldon E. Patterson (argued and briefed), Jay Baker, Poore, Cox, Baker, Ray & Byrne, Knoxville, Tenn., for defendant-appellee Anchor Packing Co.

Paul R. Leitner, John B. Curtis, Jr. (argued and briefed), Leitner, Warner, Moffitt, Williams, Dooley & Carpenter, Chattanooga, Tenn., for defendant-appellee Garlock, Inc.

Before MARTIN and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges, and HILLMAN, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 16, 1992.

SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs in Case No. 90-6233 appeal summary judgment dismissing defendants from this consolidated action involving claims for injuries allegedly caused by exposure to asbestos. Defendants rely on Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(4) to challenge this court's jurisdiction. Plaintiff Ann Hall Sparks brings a separate appeal from the district court's ruling that Sparks's claim is barred by the...

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