Bartel v. A-C Product Liability Trust

ORDER

CARR, Chief Judge.

This is an asbestos case, joining together claims of injury due to land-based and sea-based exposures to asbestos-containing materials. At issue is the choice of law for the two claims. Once the choice of law has been established, next to be determined is whether either claim will be tried to a jury. For the following reasons, the sea-based claim will be tried under admiralty jurisdiction applying federal maritime law, and the land-based claim will be tried under diversity jurisdiction applying Montana state law. Both claims will be tried before the same jury.

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