Legal Opinion
White v. Johns-Manville Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 5, 1981No. Nos. 80-1116 to 80-1118PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
Johns-Manville and seven other manufacturers (manufacturers), sued by five persons who claimed that they had contracted asbestosis by working with products of whose hazards they had not been warned by these manufacturers, impleaded as third-party defendant the injured persons’ employer, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry-dock Company (Newport News) on a third-party claim for indemnification in respect of any liability established against the manufacturers. The district court, 482 F.Supp. 1060, dismissed the manufacturers’ indemnity claims, rejecting as a…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Halcyon Lines v. Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Builders Supply Co. v. McCabeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Cooper Stevedoring Co. v. Fritz Kopke, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Paula H. Roy v. Star Chopper Company, Inc., and Third-Party v. Ashok Hingorany and Advanced Materials Systems, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Tri-State Oil Tool Industries, Inc. v. Delta Marine Drilling Company, Delta Marine Drilling Company v. Tri-State Oil Tool Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Edward L. Lowe v. Ingalls Shipbuilding, a Division of Litton Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Cooper v. Meridian Yachts, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
- Hardy v. Gulf Oil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Van Harville v. Johns-Manville Products Corp., Johns-Manville Sales Corp., Third Party-Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Yarway Corporation, Third Party-Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Decker v. Black & Decker Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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