Ali ABDULLAH, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants,
v.
ACANDS, INC., et al., Defendants, Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Heard June 7, 1994.
Decided August 1, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Donald A. Krispin, Birmingham, MI, with whom Leonard C. Jaques and Maritime Asbestosis Legal Clinic, a Division of The Jaques Admiralty Law Firm, P.C., Detroit, MI, were on brief, for appellants.
Lawrence G. Cetrulo with whom Maureen E. Kane, Peabody & Arnold, Boston, MA, Marc L. Fleischaker, Donald C. McLean, Lawrence E. Blatnik, Peder Magee, Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, DC, A. Bernard Guekguezian, Taylor, Anderson & Travers, Laurie S. Gill, Palmer & Dodge, Boston, MA, Lisa Arrowood, Todd & Weld, Boston, MA, Harold M. Walter, Tydings & Rosenberg, Baltimore, MD, R. Cornelius Danaher, Jr., Nancy K. Roux, Danaher, Tedford, Lagnese & Neal, Hartford, CT, Joel F. Pierce, Judith A. Perritano, Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, Francis M. Lynch, LeComte, Emanuelson, Tick & Doyle, Andrew M. Higgins, Casner & Edwards, John Herlihy, Herlihy & Associates, Boston, MA, Christopher M. Browne, Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury & Murphy, P.C., Springfield, MA, Francis B. Sally, Thomas P. Billings, Sally & Fitch, Boston, MA, Robert F. O'Day, Law Office of Robert F. O'Day, North Quincy, MA, Paul E. Dwyer, Jr., Tucker, Biegel & Goldstein, Warwick, RI, Peter J. Rubin, Diane S. Lukac, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, Portland, ME, George W. Noone, Avery, Dooley, Post & Avery, Belmont, MA, Stephen A. Hopkins, Sherburne, Powers & Needham, Robert J. Sherer, Roche, Carens & DeGiacomo, Charlene Andros, Warner & Stackpole, Ann O'Malley, Johnson, O'Malley & Harvey, Michael D. Chefitz, Gilberg, Kurent & Kiernan, David M. Governo, Kirby & Governo, Boston, MA, Gregg L. Spyridon, Paula W. Wellons, Hoffman, Sutterfield, Ensenat & Bankston, New Orleans, LA, James M. Campbell, Campbell & Associates, William S. Eggeling, Jeffrey P. Trout, Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA, Leo F. Roche, Jr., Roche, Heifetz, Murphy & Wholley, Winchester, MA, Robert McGuire, Nancy McDonald, McElroy, Deutsch & Mulvaney, Morristown, NJ, Michael B. Weinberg, John A. Donovan, Jr., Joni F. Katz, Burns & Levinson, Jessica H. Kish, Gallagher & Gallagher, P.C., Carolyn Sullivan, Melick & Porter, Richard L. Edwards, William P. Marsan, Campbell & Associates, Daniel S. McInnis, John C. Cogavin and Cogavin & Waystack, Boston, MA, were on brief, for appellees.
Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and CARTER, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
GENE CARTER, Chief Judge.
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