IN RE ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 00-04471 (RJN).

285 B.R. 864 (2002)

In re ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Debtors.

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware.

October 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca L. Booth, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, Mark D. Collins, Richards Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, Deborah E. Spivack, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, Sharon M Zieg, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, DE, for debtors.

Robert T. Aulgur, Jr., Whittington & Aulgur, Odessa, DE, Scott Baldwin, Jr., Baldwin & Baldwin L.L.P., Marshall, TX, Gary L. Barnhart, Missouri Department of Revenue, General Counsel's Office, Jefferson City, MO, Ian Connor Bifferato, Bifferato, Bifferato & Gentilotti, Wilmington, DE, Jean Marie Breen, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Office of the General Counsel, Washington, DC, Michael G. Busenkell, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE, David E. Cherry, Campbell-Cherry-Harrison-Davis-Dove, Waco, TX, William E. Chipman Jr., Jr., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Joshua D. Cohen, Hartman Underhill & Brubaker LLP, Lancaster, PA, Victoria Watson Counihan, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Charlene D. Davis, The Bayard Firm, Wilmington, DE, Henry Jon DeWerth-Jaffe, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Gary R. Dodge, Dover, DE, Kristi J. Doughty, Whittington & Aulgur, Odessa, DE, Timothy P. Dowling, Gary, Thomasson, Hall & Marks, P.C., Corpus Christi, TX, Daniel W Egeler, Ann Arbor, MI, Mark E. Felger, Cozen O'Connor, Wilmington, DE, Matthew A. Gold, Argo Partners Inc., New York City, Robert S. Goldman, Phillips, Goldman & Spence, Wilmington, DE, Philip J. Goodman, Birmingham, MI, Jay L. Gottlieb, Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, New York City, Jason W. Harbour, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE, Megan Nancy Harper, Bifferato, Bifferatto & Gentilotti, Wilmington, DE, David Michael Hillman, Mayer, Brown, & Platt, New York City, James E. Huggett, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg & Ellers, Wilmington, DE, John D. Huige, Grosse Point Woods, MI, Michael T. Kay, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI, Michael V. Kelley, Kelley & Ferraro, L.L.P., Cleveland, OH, Steven K. Kortanek, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg & Ellers, Wilmington, DE, Monica Leigh Loftin, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE, Aileen F. Maguire, Campbell & Levine, Wilmington, DE, Katharine L. Mayer, McCarter & English, Wilmington, DE, Michael J. McGinnis, Houston, TX, Peter B. McHugh, Englert, Coffey & McHugh, LLP, Schenectady, NY, Selinda A. Melnik, Buchanan Ingersoll PC, Wilmington, DE, Kathleen M. Miller, Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow LLP, Wilmington, DE, Rick S. Miller, Ferry & Joseph, Wilmington, DE, Michael P. Morton, Michael P. Morton, P.A., Wilmington, DE, Christine L. Myatt, Adams Kleemeier Hagan Hannah & Fouts, Greensboro, NC, Richard W. Riley, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE, Andrea Sheehan, Law Offices of Robert E. Luna, P.C., Dallas, TX, Christopher S. Sontchi, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE, John Mark Stern, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Bankruptcy & Collections Division, Austin, TX, William David Sullivan, Elzufon Austin Reardon Tarlov & Mondell, Wilmington, DE, Andrew D. Sweat, Wise Carter Child Caraway, Professional Association, Jackson, MS, Theodore J. Tacconelli, Ferry & Joseph P.A., Wilmington, DE, William F. Taylor, Jr., McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE, Duane David Werb, Werb & Sullivan, Wilmington, DE, Joanne Bianco Wills, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg & Ellers, Wilmington, DE, Christopher Martin Winter, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE, Steven M. Yoder, The Bayard Firm, Wilmington, DE, Matthew G. Zaleski III, Campbell & Levine LLC, Wilmington, DE, Peter E. von Haam, Atty. General of the State of California, Los Angeles, CA, for creditors.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW RE: MOTIONS OF THE DEBTORS AND ASBESTOS PROPERTY DAMAGE COMMITTEE TO EXCLUDE EVIDENCE

RANDALL J. NEWSOME, Bankruptcy Judge.

This chapter 11 case is before the court pursuant to motions by the debtors and the Asbestos Property Damage Committee to exclude certain evidence on the grounds that it fails to meet the standards of scientific reliability and validity mandated by Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc...

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