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IN RE STATE PUBLIC BLDG. ASBESTOS LITIGATION

Nos. 22023-22025.

454 S.E.2d 413 (1994)

193 W.Va. 119

In re STATE of West Virginia PUBLIC BUILDING ASBESTOS LITIGATION. (Three Cases).

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 21, 1994.

Concurring Opinion by Justice Cleckley January 6, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur M. Recht, Patrick S. Casey, Schrader, Recht, Byrd, Byrum & Companion, Wheeling, Frank E. Simmerman, Jr., Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love, Clarksburg, James J. Restivo, Jr., Lawrence E. Flatley, Douglas E. Cameron, George L. Stewart II, of counsel, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, for appellant W.R. Grace & Co.

Thomas R. Goodwin, Susan C. Wittemeier, Goodwin & Goodwin, Charleston, Charles R. Bruton, Richard W. Foltz, Jr., of counsel, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, PA, for appellant Pfizer, Inc.

Diana Everett, Ruley & Everett, Parkersburg, Robert D. Brownson, of counsel, Stich, Angell, Kreidler & Muth, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant Asbestospray.

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Atty. Gen. Silas B. Taylor, Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen., Charleston, Thomas R. Sheran, R. Terri Mandel, Michael J. Luzum, O'Connor & Hannan, Minneapolis, MN, for appellees.

James A. Varner, Catherine D. Munster, McNeer, Highland & McMunn, Clarksburg, for amicus curiae Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

McHUGH, Justice:

The appellants, Asbestospray Corporation, Pfizer, Inc., and W.R. Grace & Co., appeal the September 14, 1993 order of the Circuit Court of Monongalia County which vacated the jury's verdict for the appellants and granted a new trial. This case arose as an asbestos property damage case in which the appellees, the State of West Virginia, the City of Spencer and the Monroe County Commission, sought monetary...

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