T.H.S. NORTHSTAR v. W.R. GRACE AND CO.-CONN.

Civ. No. 3-87-676.

840 F.Supp. 676 (1993)

T.H.S. NORTHSTAR ASSOCIATES, Limited Partnership, a Minnesota Limited Partnership, Plaintiff, v. W.R. GRACE AND CO.-CONN., Connecticut Corporation, Successor in Interest to Western Mineral Products Co. and Zonolite Co., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Third Division.

December 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd Earl Siefferman, Jr., Saliterman & Siefferman, Minneapolis, MN, Philip J. Goodman, Simpson & Berry, Birmingham, MI, Kenneth B. McClain, Humphrey, Farrington & McClain, Independence, MO, John M. Klamann, Payne & Jones, Overland, KS, for T.H.S. Northstar Associates.

G. Marc Whitehead, Hugh V. Plunkett, John Caldwell Childs, Popham Haik Schnobrich & Kaufman, Minneapolis, MN, Harold J. Engel, Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Washington, DC, for W.R. Grace & Co.

Thomas Victor Seifert, Marianne Eileen Durkin, Head, Hempel, Seifert & Vander Weide, Minneapolis, MN, for National Gypsum Co.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

RENNER, District Judge.

Before the Court are the parties' cross-motions for partial summary judgment on the issue of whether W.R. Grace is liable as successor in interest to Western Mineral Products Company and the Zonolite Company.

This matter arises from the presence of asbestos-containing fireproofing, known as Monokote, in the Northstar Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Plaintiff, T.H.S. Northstar ("Northstar"), claims...

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