Legal Opinion
Roesberg v. Johns-Manville Corp.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 24, 1980No. Civ. A. No. 79-3016PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TROUTMAN, District Judge.
Laborers working with, handling and using asbestos, material containing asbestos, and asbestos products and compounds have instituted litigation with increasing frequency to recover compensatory damages for asbestos-related respiratory and cardiovascular diseases such as asbestosis, meso-thelioma, scarred lungs, lung cancer and other tissue and bone disorders.1 Plaintiff,2 an insulator associated with Local 14 of the Asbestos Workers’ Union from 1942 to 1977 and employed by various companies during this time period, continually worked and allegedly…
2Cases cited63 opinions
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- Ernst & Ernst v. HochfelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Oppenheimer Fund, Inc. v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. Procter & Gamble Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Schlagenhauf v. HolderSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by87 opinions
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- Howard Jay Josephs v. Harris Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- United Nuclear Corp. v. General Atomic Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1980
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