Legal Opinion
Goad v. Celotex Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 16, 1987No. 86-3540PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
The defendants in this case, manufacturers of asbestos products, brought this interlocutory appeal from the decision of the district court granting the plaintiffs’ motion to apply the Texas statute of limitations to this action. We affirm the order of the district court.
The plaintiffs, Wiley and Nomia Goad, instituted this diversity action in federal district court for the Eastern District of Texas, seeking recovery for injuries sustained by Wiley Goad from exposure to the defendants’ products. Goad worked as an insulator for more than 20 years, and he claims to have…
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