Legal Opinion
Buttz v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 18, 1996No. 95-913PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Justice.
Archie Buttz and Paul Lowe were employed as construction workers prior to their retirement in 1978. They later were found to have asbestos-related diseases, and they filed these suits against the asbestos manufacturers, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, and Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation. 1 The district court consolidated the cases. The defendants filed motions for summary judgment on the ground that the suits, filed in 1993, were barred by Iowa Code section 614.1(11) (1993). The district court ruled that the suits were not based on defects in…
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