COMMONWEALTH v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP.

No. 95-P-737.

38 Mass. App. Ct. 600 (1995)

COMMONWEALTH vs. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION & others.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 25, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Jones for the plaintiff.

John M. Russell, Jr., for New England Insulation Company.

Gary W. Harvey for Johnson Insulation, Inc.

Present: KASS, SMITH, & GREENBERG, JJ.


KASS, J.

By St. 1986, c. 336, the "asbestos revival statute," the Legislature established special time periods during which the Commonwealth and its subdivisions could bring an action, otherwise time-barred, to recover the cost of asbestos removal from public buildings.2 We are asked to decide whether that statute also revives claims against installers of asbestos, against whom an action...

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