Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided July 9, 1985No. Civ. A. G-81-168PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
HUGH GIBSON, District Judge.
This Court recently concluded a seventeen-day trial in which the suits of fifty asbestos claimants were joined together for a single trial on the bifurcated issues of liability and punitive damages. In this memorandum, the Court explains its reasons for implementing this novel approach to asbestos litigation.
Litigation premised on asbestos exposure is by far the largest area of products liability litigation in the United States today. Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 750 F.2d 1314, 1336 app. (5th Cir.1985). As of March 1983, there were more than…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, Nationalsurety Corporation, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Alamo National Bank v. KrausTexas Supreme Court · 1981
- James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Southwestern Investment Company v. NeeleyTexas Supreme Court · 1970
- Maxey v. Freightliner Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by31 opinions
- John E. Johnson and H/w Ann Marie Johnson v. The Celotex Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- In Re Eastern & Southern Districts Asbestos LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- ACandS, Inc. v. GodwinCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1995
- In Re Dow Corning Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 1997
- ACandS, Inc. v. AbateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1998
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