In Re BIRMINGHAM ASBESTOS LITIGATION.
Reida H. UNDERWOOD, as Executrix of the Estate of Ernest Burtrand Hanks, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants,
Asarco Incorporated, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 5, 1993.
August 5, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
J. William Lewis, Environmental Litigation Group, Birmingham, AL, for plaintiff-appellant.
J. Glynn Tubb, Eyster, Key, Tubb, Weaver & Roth, Decatur, AL, for M.H. Detrick Co.
William H. Mills, Redden, Mills & Clark, Birmingham, AL, for Asarco Inc.
Norman Jetmundsen, Jr., Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, AL, T. Michael Brown; Michael D. McKibben; Walter Sears, III, for IREX Corp.
D. Jeffrey Campbell, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, Myron J. Bromberg, Morristown, NJ, for Arsarco, Inc.
Hobart Grooms, Jr., Spain, Sillon, Grooms, Blan & Nettles, E. Ann McMahan, Bert S. Nettles, Lisa Paul Hodges, Birmingham, AL, for Ingersoll-Rand Co.
James Lewis Griffith, Griffith & Hemsley, Slade H. McLaughlin, Bala Cynwyd, PA, J. Ross Forman, III, Burr & Forman, John C. Morrow, Birmingham, AL, for General Dynamics Corp.
Norwood S. Wilner, Spohrer, Wilner, Marees, Maxwell, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Armstrong World Ind.
Richard W. Vollmer, III, Reams, Philips, Brooks, Schell, Gaston & Hudson, P.C., Mobile, AL.
Sydney F. Frazier, Jr., Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, AL, for Bairnco Corp.
Before BIRCH, Circuit Judge, JOHNSON and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
PER CURIAM:
This case arises from numerous asbestos-related personal injury and wrongful death actions that have been consolidated in the Northern District of Alabama. Count Two of each complaint sets forth a complaint based upon Section 315(a) of the Restatement (Second) of Torts. Section 315(a) states:
There is no duty so to control the conduct of a third person as to prevent him from causing physical harm to another unless(a) a special relation...
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