CONSORTI v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 857, Docket 94-7501.

72 F.3d 1003 (1995)

John CONSORTI & Frances Consorti, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., formerly known as Armstrong Cork Co.; Combustion Engineering, Inc., et al., Defendants, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1995.

Amended December 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Phillips, New York City (Moshe Maimon, Robert I. Komitor, Alani Golanski, Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, New York City, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

William G. Ballaine, New York City (Mark S. Landman, Joanna L. Watman, Siff Rosen, New York City, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: NEWMAN, Chief Judge, ALTIMARI and LEVAL, Circuit Judges.


LEVAL, Circuit Judge:

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation ("OCF"), a fabricator of asbestos pipe-covering products, appeals from jury verdicts in favor of John Consorti, a pipe insulation worker who developed mesothelioma as the result of exposure to asbestos dust, and his wife Frances for loss of consortium. The trial in the Southern District of New York before Robert W. Sweet, Judge, which consumed 25 trial days, consolidated the claims of four plaintiff...

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