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IN RE PATENAUDE

No. 99-1540.

210 F.3d 135 (2000)

In re Joann PATENAUDE, et al. Petitioners

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed April 11, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Baughman (Argued), Baron & Budd, Dallas, TX, and Jeffrey S. Mutnick, Landye, Bennett, Blumstein, Portland, OR, for Petitioners.

R. Cornelius Danaher, Jr., Danaher, Tedford, Lagnese & Neal, Hartford, CT, and James J. Restivo, Jr., Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, PA, and Andrew J. Trevelise, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Philadelphia, PA, for Respondent Pittsburgh Corning Corporation.

Elizabeth R. Geise (Argued), John D. Aldock, Shea & Gardner, Washington, DC, for Respondents Armstrong World Ind., Asbestos Claims Mgt., Flexitallic Inc., Gaf Corp., Pfizer Inc., T & N PLC, U.S. Gypsum Co.

Robert H. Riley (Argued), Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, for Respondent Owens Illinois, Inc.

Before: GREENBERG, ROTH and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners are three groups of plaintiffs seeking damages for personal injury and wrongful death as a result of exposure to asbestos. Respondents are some of the defendants in some of the cases brought by the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs' claims were initially filed in the Northern District of New York (the "New York plaintiffs"), the Northern District of Georgia (the "Georgia plaintiffs") and the District of...

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