Legal Opinion
Alberta Migues v. Fibreboard Corp., Nicolet Industries
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 7, 1981No. 80-1994PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
In Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, 493 F.2d 1076 (5th Cir. 1973) this Court provided an extensive analysis of Texas product liability law as it is to be applied in suits brought against manufacturers of asbestos products. Now we are called upon to determine whether Borel can serve as precedential authority for the proposition that all asbestos products are unreasonably dangerous as a matter of law. We conclude that it cannot.
1. BACKGROUND
Mr. Russel Migues worked as an insulator at Texaco, Incorporated from 1944 until 1977. According to the testimony of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Parklane Hosiery Co. v. ShoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, Nationalsurety Corporation, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Turner v. General Motors Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- School District of Lancaster v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,777, 11 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 781 Chemetron Corporation, Cross-Appellant v. Business Funds, Inc., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Benjamin H. Blackston, Wilmer L. Ring, John N. Turner, James N. Tanksley and Foster G. Hickox v. Shook and Fletcher Insulation Co., Ac & S, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Gideon v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
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