BRENNAN v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP.

No. 24165.

10 P.3d 749 (2000)

134 Idaho 800

John BRENNAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION; A.P. Green Refractories; Armstrong World Industries; Certainteed Corporation; Fibreboard Corporation; GAF Corporation; Garlock, Inc.; Asbestos Claims Management Corporation fka National Gypsum Company; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation; The Babcock & Wilcox Company; The E.J. Bartells Company; T & N, PLC, as Successor in interest to Turner & Newall, PLC and Turner & Newall, Ltd.; United States Gypsum Company; W.R. Grace & Co.—Conn.; and Does 1 through 100 inclusive, Defendants-Respondents, and Combustion Engineering, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, March 2000 Term.

September 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nevin, Herzfeld & Benjamin, Boise, and Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Charleston, S.C., for appellant. Alan C. Herzfeld argued.

Eberle, Berlin, Kading, Turnbow & McKlveen, Boise, for respondent E.J. Bartells Company. Warren E. Jones argued for all the respondents.

Hamlin & Sasser, Boise, for respondent Owens-Corning.

Givens, Pursley, LLC, Boise, for respondents Armstrong World Industries, A.P. Green Industries, GAF Corporation, Certainteed Corporation, Asbestos Claims Management, T & N, PLC, and United States Gypsum.

Merrill & Merrill, Pocatello, for respondents Pittsburg Corning Corporation and Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Holland & Hart, Boise, for respondent Garlock, Inc.

Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett, Rock & Fields, Boise, for respondent W.R. Grace & Co.

Morgenstein & Jubelirer, San Francisco, CA, for respondent Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Baker & Hostetler, Denver, CO for respondents Armstrong World Industries, Green Industries, GAF Corp., T & N PLC., and United States Gypsum Company.

Racine, Olson, Nye, Budge & Bailey, Pocatello, and George, Hull, Porter & Kohlie, Seattle, WA, for respondent A.P. Green Industries, Inc.

Hugh Mossman, Boise, for Amicus Curiae Idaho Trial Lawyers Association.


WALTERS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the defendants in an asbestosis personal injury case. The district court dismissed the plaintiff's case based upon the two-year statute of limitation found in I.C. § 5-219(4). We affirm.

BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

John Brennan was exposed to asbestos during his employment as a union sheet metal worker for various employers...

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