CHESTANG v. W.R. GRACE & CO.-CONN.

1961592.

709 So.2d 470 (1998)

Vernon Maximillian CHESTANG, Jr. v. W.R. GRACE & CO.-CONN., et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecil Gardner of Gardner, Middlebrooks, Fleming & Hamilton, Mobile; and Janice Pennington and Misty A. Farris of Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, TX, for appellant.

Vincent A. Noletto, Jr., of Brown, Hudgens, P.C., Mobile; and J. Ford Little of Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter, P.L.L.C., Knoxville, TN, for appellee W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn.

F. Grey Redditt, Jr., of Adams & Reese, L.L.P., Mobile, for appellee Rapid American.

Edward B. McDonough, Jr., and Kevin D. Graham of Edward B. McDonough, Jr., P.C., Mobile, for appellees Garlock, Inc., and Anchor Packing Company.

Judson W. Wells and Susan Gunnells Smith of Janecky, Newell, Potts, Wells & Wilson, P.C., Mobile, for appellee Georgia-Pacific Corporation.

James W. Tarlton III of Hamilton, Butler, Riddick, Tarlton & Sullivan, P.C., Mobile, for appellee Flinkote Company.

James A. Philips, Mobile, for appellee Synkoloid Company.

J. Glynn Tubb of Eyster, Key, Tubb, Weaver & Roth, Decatur, for appellee M.H. Detrick Company.

R. Bruce Barze, Jr., of Balch & Bingham, L.L.P., Birmingham, for appellee North American Refractories Company.

David M. Smith and Carole A. Golinski of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, for amicus curiae Business Council of Alabama.


HOUSTON, Justice.

Vernon Maximillian Chestang, Jr., sued, among others, W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn.; Anchor Packing Company; Garlock, Inc.; Flinkote Company; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; Rapid American Corporation; Georgia Pacific Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; M.H. Detrick Company; Proko Industries, Inc.; Uniroyal, Inc.; Synkoloid Company; and North American Refractories Company, for damages, based on asbestos-related personal injury. The...

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