Legal Opinion
In Re All Maine Asbestos Litigation (Biw Cases)
District Court, D. Maine
Decided July 5, 1984PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT
GIGNOUX, Senior District Judge.
Presently pending in this Court are approximately fifty actions which have been brought by present and former employees, and the representatives of deceased employees, of Bath Iron Works (BIW), a private shipyard in Bath, Maine, against various manufacturers and suppliers of asbestos-containing products. Plaintiffs seek recovery of compensatory and punitive damages for injuries the employees allegedly sustained from exposure to defendants’ products during the course of their employment at BIW. The complaints assert…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Southern Pacific Company v. JensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. v. PfeiferSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Davis v. Department of Labor and Industries of Wash.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Drake v. Raymark Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
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- Colombo v. Johns-Manville Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1984
- In re All Maine Asbestos LitigationDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1984
- In Re All Maine Asbestos Litigation (Pns Cases)District Court, D. Maine · 1984
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