Legal Opinion
John E. Corbally, James Furman, and Philip Grace, Liquidating Trustees v. W.R. Grace & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 27, 1993No. 92-1540PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
When asbestos was discovered in 1989 in an office building, Plaintiffs decided to have it removed. 1 To recover the high cost of removing the asbestos-containing material, Plaintiffs sued W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn., successor of the Zonolite Company. Zonolite manufactured asbestos-containing fireproofing material (ACM) called ZAP (Zonolite Acoustical Plastic) that was installed in the building during its construction in the late fifties.
On Grace’s motion for summary judgment, the trial court dismissed Plaintiffs’ claims as barred by one of two Texas statutes of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Ellerbe v. Otis Elevator Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1981
- Mark Barnes v. Westinghouse Electric CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Trust Company Bank v. United States Gypsum CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Smith v. Fluor Corp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 13,017 Linda Dedmon, Etc. v. Stewart-Warner Corp., Third-Party and v. Donald Hampton, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
- prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 13,994 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. W.R. Grace & Company-Conn.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Ball v. Harnischfeger Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
- Buttz v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1996
- Harder v. ACandS, Inc.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1998
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