Lockett v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas

SATZ, Judge.

In this action, plaintiff, Robert Lockett, is suing a number of corporate manufacturers and suppliers of asbestos, corporate-defendants, alleging his exposure to their asbestos products caused him to contract asbestosis. In their answers, all of these corporate defendants have pleaded, as an affirmative defense, that plaintiff is barred' by the statute of limitations.

In a separate count, plaintiff is suing his original attorneys, defendant-attorneys, for legal malpractice. As to them, he alleges corporate-defendants have pleaded that his asbestosis claim is barred by the statute…