Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

JOHNSON, Judge.

Plaintiffs Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc. and Carolina Medicorp, Inc. are North Carolina nonprofit corporations which own and operate the hospital facilities known as Forsyth Memorial Hospital. On 30 August 1990, plaintiffs instituted this action against defendant Armstrong World Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, alleging that defendant manufactured, sold and furnished asbestos-containing vinyl flooring which was installed in Forsyth Memorial Hospital, and that the asbestos-containing flooring material constituted a hazard. The complaint further alleged that at the…