Stewart v. United States

ORDER

J. WALDO ACKERMAN, District Judge.

This case involves a claim against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), § 2671 et seq., and is based upon the sale of asbestos from the national stockpiles by the Government to Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UNARCO) and to Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, which purchased the UNARCO plant in 1970. Also named as defendant is North American Asbestos Corporation, a distributor of asbestos fibers who sold asbestos to UNARCO and Owens-Corning. This case was filed in 1976 by five plaintiffs, employees of UNARCO who…