Legal Opinion
Pauley v. Combustion Engineering, Inc.
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided October 29, 1981No. Civ. A. 77-3277PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
STAKER, District Judge.
Pending before the court is the defendants’ Motion to Dismiss based upon the grounds that the complaint filed herein is barred by the applicable statute of limitations. The plaintiff filed this action on November 3, 1977, seeking damages for injuries allegedly sustained as a result of his exposure to defendants’ products containing asbestos.
Plaintiff worked as an insulator for Union Carbide Corporation from 1946 until June, 1976. Sometime prior to September 1973, he became concerned about his health and his difficulty in breathing and made arrangements…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United States v. KubrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Goodman v. Mead Johnson & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, Nationalsurety Corporation, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by24 opinions
- O'Stricker v. Jim Walter Corp.Ohio Supreme Court · 1983
- In Re Johns-Manville Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Sewell v. GregoryWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1988
- Findley v. Blinken (In Re Joint Eastern & Southern District Asbestos Litigation)District Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- In the Matter of Unr Industries, Inc., Debtors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
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