ANDERSON v. CROWN CORK & SEAL

No. CIV A 2:00CV82.

93 F.Supp.2d 697 (2000)

Marie ANDERSON, Executrix of the Estate of Gerald Ellis Thomas, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. CROWN CORK & SEAL, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia. Norfolk Division.

April 19, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan A. Smith-George, Patten, Wornom & Watkins, Newport News, VA, Peter A. Kraus, Waters & Kraus, Dallas, TX, for Marie Anderson.

Richard Winston Boone, Boone & Associates, PC, Fairfax, VA, for Crown Cork & Seal.

Timothy Sean Feehan, Cook, Ware & Heyward, P.C., Glen Allen, VA, for Harbison-Walker, A.P. Green Refractories Co., Westinghouse Elec. Corp.

Jonathan Holland Hambrick, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing.

George Janis Dancigers, Heilig, McKenry, Fraim & Lollar, P.C., Norfolk, VA, for North American Refractories Co., Waco, Inc., Uniroyal Inc.

Stephen Royce Jackson, Willcox & Savage, Norfolk, VA, for Riley Stoker Corp., Pittsburgh Corning Corp.

Sharon Jeanne Glover, LeClair Ryan, Richmond, VA, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Fibreboard Corp.

Robert L. O'Donnell, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, VA, for Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Carl Robert Schwertz, Duane & Shannon, P.C., Richmond, VA, for Garlock, Inc., U.S. Mineral Products Co.

Marshall Allen Winslow, Jr., Payne, Gates, Farthing & Radd, P.C., Norfolk, VA, for Porter-Hayden Co., Raymark Industries.

James W. Morris, III, Morris and Morris, P.C., Richmond, VA, for C.E. Thurston & Sons, Inc., GAF Corp., Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Asbestos Claims Management Corp., Amchem Products, Inc., U.S. Gypsum, Flexitallic, Inc., T & N, PLC, Dana Corp.

William Delaney Bayliss, Williams, Mullen, Clark & Dobbins, Richmond, VA, for Allied-Signal Inc.

Robert Aristidis Ziogas, Glenn, Feldmann, Darby & Goodlatte, Roanoke, VA, for Foster-Wheeler Corp.

S. Lawrence Dumville, Virginia Beach, VA, for Babcock and Wilcox, Co.

Dudley Foster Woody, Woods, Rogers & Hazelgrove, Roanoke, VA, for Combustion Engineering Inc.

Richard Kent Bennett, McSweeney, Burtch & Crump, Richmond, VA, for Flintkote Corp.

John C. Ivins, Jr., Hirschler, Fleischer, Weinberg, Cox & Allen, Richmond, VA, for W.R. Grace and Co.

James C. McCaa, Taylor & Walker, P.C., Norfolk, VA, Gerard Ernest Wilfrid Voyer, Taylor & Walker, P.C., Norfolk, VA, for Borg-Warner Securities Corp.

James C. McCaa, Taylor & Walker, P.C., Norfolk, VA, for Hopeman Bros., Inc.

Joyce Jackson Wood, Willcox & Savage, P.C., Norfolk, VA, for Rapid American, Corp.

Joseph F. Giordano, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, McLean, VA, for Champion Intern. Corp.

Richard Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Church & Houff, P.A., Baltimore, MD, for Georgia-Pacific Corp.

Kenneth John Ries, Johnson, Ayers & Matthews, Roanoke, VA, for Acands, Inc.

Richard Thomas Pledger, Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller, Richmond, VA, for Dresser Industries, Incorporated.


ORDER AND OPINION

FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

On June 13, 1999, the plaintiff, Marie Anderson, the executrix of the estate of Gerald Thomas, filed a Motion for Judgment (M/J) in Portsmouth Circuit Court against over forty defendants alleging damages as a result of the deceased's exposure to asbestos, and the defendants' production of asbestos products.1 See M/J at 2. The plaintiff alleges that Thomas worked aboard...

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