Legal Opinion
In Re: Joann Patenaudepetitioners
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 11, 2000No. 99-1540PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:
Petitioners are three groups of plaintiffs seeking damages for personal injury and wrongful death as a result of exposure to asbestos. Respondents are some of the defendants in some of the cases brought by the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs’ claims were initially filed in the Northern District of New York (the “New York plaintiffs”), the Northern District of Georgia (the “Georgia plaintiffs”) and the District of Oregon (the “Oregon plaintiffs”). Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407(a), the plaintiffs’ claims were transferred by the Judicial Panel on…
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