Legal Opinion
Locke v. Johns-Manville Corp.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 6, 1981No. Record 790171PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCompton, J.
In this products liability case, we consider only a statute of limitations question. We must determine when plaintiff’s cause of action accrued in this personal injury suit alleging that the disease of mesothelioma resulted from inhalation of asbestos particles. According to the record, this disease is a cancerous tumor most often found in the pleura, or lining, of the victim’s lung.
Appellant Douglas T. Locke, the plaintiff below, filed this action on July 24, 1978, against appellees Johns-Manville Corporation, Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Keene Building Products Corporation, The Celotex…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority v. Laburnum Construction Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1954
- Caudill v. Wise Rambler, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1969
- Comptroller Ex Rel. Virginia Military Institute v. KingSupreme Court of Virginia · 1977
- Street v. Consumers Mining Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1946
- Hawks v. DeHartSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
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3Cited by151 opinions
- In Re Johns-Manville Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- First Virginia Bank-Colonial v. BakerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1983
- Wade v. Danek Medical, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- Larson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.Michigan Supreme Court · 1986
- Talley v. Danek Medical, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
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