Legal Opinion
Drago v. Celotex Corp.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided April 5, 1989No. Nos. 87 Civ. 4277 (TPG), 87 Civ. 4572 (RWS), 87 Civ. 4279 (RWS), 87 Civ. 4307 (LBS) and 87 Civ. 4457 (LLS)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWEET, District Judge.
Defendant Celotex Corporation (“Celotex”) has moved under Rule 42(a), Fed.R. Civ.P., to sever four of the five cases naming it as a defendant that have been consolidated for trial. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is denied.
Prior Proceedings
These actions are so-called “asbestos cases” that have been the subject of multidistrict treatment for discovery purposes, a process supervised by the Honorable Charles P. Sifton of the Eastern District of New York. Judge Sifton grouped certain of the Southern District cases into “clusters” that share the same plaintiffs’…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Neal v. Carey Canadian Mines, Ltd.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Oman v. Johns-Manville Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by16 opinions
- John E. Johnson and H/w Ann Marie Johnson v. The Celotex Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Cantrell v. GAF Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
- In Re Eastern & Southern Districts Asbestos LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Martin, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1997
- In Re Ethyl Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1998
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