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BUTTZ v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP.

No. 95-913.

557 N.W.2d 90 (1996)

Archie BUTTZ, Appellee, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION and Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Appellants. Myrtle Juanita LOWE, Appellee, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, Owens-Illinois, Inc., and Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 18, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia M. Giokaris of Polsinelli, White, Vardeman & Shalton, P.C., Kansas City, Missouri, for appellants Owens-Illinois, Inc. and Pittsburgh Corning Corporation.

John D. Ackerman of Heidman, Redmond, Fredregill, Patterson, Schatz & Plaza, L.L.P., Sioux City, for appellant Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation.

L. Joel Chastain of Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, P.A., Barnwell, South Carolina, William M. Connelly of Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, P.A., Charleston, South Carolina, and James M. Stanton of Stanton & Sorensen, Clear Lake, for appellees.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, SNELL, and TERNUS, JJ.

LARSON, Justice.

Archie Buttz and Paul Lowe were employed as construction workers prior to their retirement in 1978. They later were found to have asbestos-related diseases, and they filed these suits against the asbestos manufacturers, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, and Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation.1 The district court consolidated the cases. The defendants filed motions for summary judgment on the ground...

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