Legal Opinion
Peerman v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 8, 1994No. 93-3501PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Patricia Peerman filed this wrongful death action alleging that her husband, Gerald Peerman, died from an illness caused by exposure to airborne asbestos from products manufactured and sold by Georgia-Pacific Corporation and Turner & Newall, pic (now known as T & N pic). Federal jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). The district court granted summary judgment to Georgia-Pacific and T & N. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Gerald Peerman was employed by Babcock & Wilcox (B & W) at its Mt. Vernon, Indiana, plant from 1963 to 1982. The plant, a…
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