Legal Opinion
Starling v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided January 26, 1982No. Civ. A. CV 281-109, CV 281-84 and CV 280-128PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ALAIMO, Chief Judge.
The above-captioned actions, along with Finleyson v. Combustion Engineering, Inc., et ah, CV 281-62 and Beasley v. Shook & Fletcher Insulation Co., et al., CV 281-132 comprise the asbestosis cases currently pending in this division of the Southern District of Georgia. The complaints in these cases allege at least five theories of liability: negligence, strict liability, civil conspiracy, breach of an implied warranty, and, in the alternative, so called “market share liability.” Additionally, in both the Buie and Starling cases the plaintiffs…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, Nationalsurety Corporation, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Summers v. TiceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
- Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.California Supreme Court · 1944
- Holland v. Sanfax CorporationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
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3Cited by46 opinions
- In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1984
- Benjamin H. Blackston, Wilmer L. Ring, John N. Turner, James N. Tanksley and Foster G. Hickox v. Shook and Fletcher Insulation Co., Ac & S, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Smith v. Eli Lilly & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1990
- Nutt v. AC & S. CO., INC.Superior Court of Delaware · 1986
- Gaulding v. Celotex Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1989
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