Legal Opinion

Clarence J. Wilson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 11, 1989No. 88-2798PublishedCited by 70 opinions

1Per curiam

This appeal involves a consolidated products liability action brought by fifty plaintiffs against nine defendants. More than two years after a judgment was entered in favor of six of the defendants, and following an affirmance of that judgment by this court, plaintiffs filed a motion under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) to set aside the judgment. The district court denied the motion as time-barred. We affirm.

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Fifty plaintiffs brought a products liability action against nine manufacturers of products containing asbestos. The district court ordered separate trials on the issues of liability and damages.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Liljeberg v. Health Services Acquisition Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, Nationalsurety Corporation, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  3. Martha Ann Brundage Rozier v. Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  4. John O. England, Trustee of the Estate of Irene Mansfeldt, Bankrupt v. Morgan J. DoyleCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
  5. Gary W. v. State of Louisiana, Etc., Dr. William Cherry, Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Human ResourcesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979

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3Cited by70 opinions

  1. Thomas Mckay v. Novartis Pharmaceutical CorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
  2. Atkinson v. Prudential Property Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
  3. Government Financial Services One Ltd. Partnership v. Peyton Place, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  4. United States v. 8136 S. Dobson Street, Chicago, Illinois, Rodney AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
  5. Godin v. GodinSupreme Court of Vermont · 1998

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