Joseph BARRON, et al.
v.
CNA INSURANCE COMPANY.
Joseph BARRON, et al.
v.
FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Joseph BARRON, et al.
v.
COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY.
Joseph BARRON, et al.
v.
Vernon W. GIBSON, Sr., et al.
Joseph BARRON, et al.
v.
Richard Greene REYNOLDS and Garry Wayne Dodson.
Supreme Court of Alabama.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 15, 1996.
March 15, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Roger L. Lucas and Leigh Ann King of Lucas, Alvis & Wash, P.C., Birmingham, for Appellants.
Andrew P. Campbell, Charles M. Elmer and David M. Loper of Leitman, Siegal, Payne & Campbell, P.C., Birmingham, for Commercial Union Insurance Company.
John M. Laney, Jr., Richard E. Smith, Deborah Alley Smith, and Rhonda Pitts Chambers of Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, for CNA Insurance Company.
John W. Clark, Jr. of Clark & Scott, P.C., Birmingham, for Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies.
Frank E. Lankford, Jr. of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, Birmingham, for Vernon Gibson, Sr., Vernon Gibson, Jr., James Sykes, James Ross, Richard Greene Reynolds and Garry Wayne Dodson.
M. Christian King and Madeline H. Haikala of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., Birmingham, John N. Leach, Jr. of Helmsing, Lyons, Sims & Leach, Mobile, for amici curiae 190 former and current employees of International Paper Company and Reynolds Metals Company who have been named as defendants in negligence and wantonness actions in Alabama, in support of appellees.
Robert D. Hunter and William L. Waudby of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, for amici curiae 62 individuals sued in co-employee actions, in support of appellees.
Jesse C. Gardner of Gardner, Middle-brooks & Fleming, Mobile, David Shelby of Shelby & Cartee, Birmingham, Brent M. Rosanthal, David Denny, and Jennifer Currie, of Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, Texas, for amici curiae various labor organizations representing "persons ... who came into contact with asbestos-containing products while working in a multitude of occupations".
Supreme Court of Alabama.
SHORES, Justice.
Facts
These actions arose under § 25-5-11, Ala. Code 1975. The plaintiffs claimed damages for injuries they claimed to have suffered from an alleged exposure to asbestos during their employment. The plaintiffs, Joseph Barron and others,1 worked for many years at a plant in Pelham operated by Sepco Corporation. For many years, Sepco manufactured asbestos-containing products at that plant, until August...
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