CARLOUGH v. AMCHEM PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 93-1482.

10 F.3d 189 (1993)

Edward M. CARLOUGH; Pavlos Kekrides; Nafssica Kekrides, his wife; Laverne Winbun, Executrix of the Estate of Joseph E. Winbun, Deceased, and in her own right; Ambrose Vogt, Jr.; Joanne Vogt, his wife; Carlos Raver; Dorothy M. Raver, his wife; John A. Baumgartner; Anna Marie Baumgartner, his wife; Timothy Murphy; Gay Murphy, his wife; Ty T. Annas; Fred Angus Sylvester, on Behalf of Themselves and all Others Similarly Situated. Carl D. Roland; Gloria J. Roland, his wife; Walter L. Mays, Sr.; Shirley G. Mays, his wife, Plaintiffs-Intervenors, v. AMCHEM PRODUCTS, INC.; A.P. Green Industries, Inc.; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Certainteed Corporation; C.E. Thurston & Sons, Inc.; Dana Corporation; Ferodo America, Inc.; Flexitallic, Inc.; GAF Building Materials Corporation; I.U. North America, Inc.; Maremont Corporation; National Gypsum Company; National Services Industries, Inc.; NOSROC Corporation; Pfizer, Inc.; Quigley Company, Inc.; Shook & Fletcher Insulation Company; T & N, PLC; Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Corporation; United States Gypsum Company, Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. ADMIRAL INSURANCE COMPANY; Affiliated FM Insurance Company; AIU Insurance Company; Allianz Insurance Company; Allianz Underwriters Insurance Company, Individually and as Successor to Allianz Underwriters Inc.; Allstate Insurance Company, as Successor to Northbrook Excess and Surplus Insurance Company and Northbrook Insurance Company; American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida; American Centennial Insurance Company; American Home Assurance Company; American Motorists Insurance Company; American Re-Insurance Company; Appalachian Insurance Company of Providence; Argonaut Insurance Company; Atlanta International Insurance Company; Britamco, Limited; Caisse Industrielle D'Assurance Mutuelle; C.E. Heath Compensation and Liability Insurance Company, as Successor to Employers' Surplus Lines Insurance Company; Centennial Insurance Company; Central National Insurance Company of Omaha; Chicago Insurance Company; City Insurance Company; Colonia Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft; Columbia Casualty Company; Commercial Union Insurance Company, as Successor to Columbia Casualty Company, Employers Commercial Union Insurance Company, Employers Commercial Union Insurance Company of America, and Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation Limited; Compagnie Europeenne D'Assurances Industrielles S.A.; the Constitution State Insurance Company; Continental Casualty Company; Employers Mutual Casualty Company; Evanston Insurance Company; Executive re Indemnity, Inc., as Successor to American Excess Insurance Company; Federal Insurance Company; General Reinsurance Corporation; Gibraltar Casualty Company; Government Employees Insurance Company; Granite State Insurance Company; Great American Insurance Company, Individually and as Successor to Transport Indemnity Company; Highlands Insurance Company; the Home Indemnity Company; the Home Insurance Company; Houston General Insurance Company; Hudson Insurance Company; INSCO, Limited; Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania; Interstate Fire & Casualty Company; Jefferson Insurance Company of New York; Landmark Insurance Company; La Preservatrice Fonciere Tiard, Individually and as Successor to La Fonciere Assurances Transports Accidents and La Preservatrice; Le Secours; Lexington Insurance Company; Lilloise D'Assurances, as Successor to Lilloise D'Assurances Et De Reassurances; London Guarantee and Accident Company of New York; Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company; Maryland Casualty Company; Mead Reinsurance Corporation; Michigan Mutual Insurance Company; Mutuelle Generale Francaise; National American Insurance Company of California, as Successor to the Stuyvesant Insurance Company; National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Northbrook Indemnity Company; North Star Reinsurance Corporation; Northwestern National Insurance Company, Individually and as Successor to Bellefonte Insurance Company; Old Republic Insurance Company; Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Company; the Protective National Insurance Company of Omaha; Prudential Reinsurance Company; Puritan Insurance Company, Individually and as Successor to the Manhattan Fire and Marine Insurance Company; Ranger Insurance Company; Republic Insurance Company; SAFECO Insurance Company of America; Safety National Casualty Corporation, as Successor to Safety Mutual Casualty Corporation; St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Individually and as Successor to Birmingham Fire Insurance Company; St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company; St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Company; Stonewall Insurance Company; Stonewall Surplus Lines Insurance Company; Sun Alliance and London Insurance PLC; Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Company; the Travelers Indemnity Company; the Travelers Insurance Company; Unigard Security Insurance Company, as Successor to Unigard Mutual Insurance Company; Union Des Assurances De Paris; Yosemite Insurance Company; Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London, (Including John Does 1 to 200, Being Fictitious Names), and Certain London Market Companies (Including John Does 201 to 400, Being Fictitious Names), Third-Party Defendants, Gregory Gore, William C. Ferrel, Michael P. Conley, and Lynn A. Conley; their attorneys, agents and employees; and the class they purport to represent in the action filed in the Circuit Court of Monongalia County, West Virginia on March 17, 1993, captioned Gore et al. v. Amchem Products, Inc. et al., C.A. No. 93-C-195, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene Locks, Jonathan W. Miller, Greitzer & Locks, Philadelphia, PA, Ronald L. Motley, Joseph Rice, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Charleston, SC, L. Joel Chastain, Desa A. Ballard, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Barnwell, SC, for appellees Edward M. Carlough, Pavlos Kekrides, Nafssica Kekrides, Laverne Winbun, Ambrose Vogt, Jr., Joanne Vogt, Carlos Raver, Dorothy M. Raver, John A. Baumgartner, Anna Marie Baumgartner, Timothy Murphy, Gay Murphy, Ty T. Annas, Fred Angus Sylvester.

John D. Aldock, (argued), Wendy S. White, David M. Battan, Shea & Gardner, Washington, DC, John G. Gaul, Center for Claims Resolution, Princeton, NY, for appellees Amchem Products, Inc., A.P. Green Ind., Inc., Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Certainteed Corp., CE Thurston & Sons, Dana Corp., Ferodo America, Inc., Flexitallic, Inc., GAF Bldg. Materials, I.U. North America, Inc., Maremont Corp., Nat. Gypsum Co., Nat. Ser. Ind., Inc., NOSROC Corp., Pfizer, Inc., Quigley Co., Inc., Shook & Fletcher Insulation Co., T & N PLC, Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Corp., U.S. Gypsum.

Elit R. Felix, II, Margolis, Edelstein, Scherlis & Kraemer, Philadelphia, PA, for appellees Allianz Ins. Co., Allianz Underwriters, individually and as successor to Allianz Underwriters Inc., Argonaut Ins. Co., Chicago Insurance Co., Interstate Fire & Cas. Co.

Joseph M. Oberlies, Connor & Weber, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee American Centennial Ins.

Stephen F. Brock, Manta & Welge, Philadelphia, PA, for appellees American Re-Insurance Co., Exec. re Indem., as successor to American Excess Ins. Co.

Lawrence M. Silverman, Silverman, Coopersmith & Frimmer, Philadelphia, PA, for appellees Central Nat. Ins. Co. of Omaha; Protective Nat. Ins. Co. of Omaha.

John P. O'Dea, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Philadelphia, PA, for appellees Columbia Cas. Co., Cont. Cas. Co.

Jay M. Levin, Cozen & O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee Commercial Union Ins. Co., as successor to Columbia Cas. Co., Employers Commercial Union Ins. Co., Employers Commercial Union Ins. Co. of America, and Employers' Liability Assur. Corp. Ltd.

Daniel P. Lynch, Timby, Brown & Timby, Philadelphia, PA, for appellees Constitution State, Travelers Indem. Co., Travelers Ins. Co.

David J. D'Aloia, Sean R. Kelly, Saiber, Schlesinger, Satz & Goldstein, Newark, NJ, for appellees Gibraltar Cas. Co., Prudential Reins. Co.

Rudolph Garcia, Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee Maryland Cas. Co.

Lewis R. Olshin, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee Pa. Mfg. Assn. Ins. Co.

Stephen P. Chawaga, Fitzpatrick & Tanker, Philadelphia, PA, Debra M. Patalkis, Chadbourne & Parke, New York City, for appellee Republic Ins. Co.

Thomas W. Henderson (argued), Tybe A. Brett, Antonio D. Pyle, Henderson & Goldberg, Pittsburgh, PA (Scott S. Segal, Segal & Davis, Charleston, WV, of counsel), for appellants Gregory Gore, William C. Ferrel, Michael P. Conley, Lynn A. Conley, their attorneys, agents and employees, and the class they purport to represent in the action filed in the Circuit Court of Monongalia County, WV, on March 17, 1993, captioned Gore et al. v. Amchem Products, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 93-C-195.

David L. Meade, Shinaberry, Meade & Venezia, L.C., William C. Field, James Humphreys, Stuart Calwell, Calwell & McCormick, Charleston, WV, for amicus curiae Shinaberry, Meade & Venezia, L.C., William C. Field, Law Offices of James Humphreys, and Calwell & McCormick.

Before: MANSMANN, GREENBERG and LEWIS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, the "Gore plaintiffs", are absent members of a purported federal plaintiff class in an action brought pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3) for asbestos-related tort damages in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Simultaneously with the federal class action, but prior to the establishment of an opt out period in the federal suit, the...

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