Legal Opinion
Austin v. Johns-Manville Corp.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 27, 1981No. Civ. A. 81-1783PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
SHAPIRO, District Judge.
This is an action by forty former employees of a General Steel Industries (“GSI”) plant in East St. Louis, Illinois, and their spouses, for personal injuries allegedly caused by asbestos products manufactured or sold by the defendant companies. Liability is based on negligence and strict products liability; plaintiffs also allege that defendants conspired to deprive them of adequate warnings concerning the hazards of asbestos when they were exposed to it at GSI and other places of employment in the years 1941 to 1974.
The plaintiffs filed this…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Van Dusen v. BarrackSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Norwood v. KirkpatrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Shutte v. Armco Steel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Robert S. Solomon v. Continental American Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Somerville v. Major Exploration, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1983
- Hu v. CrockettDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
- Paul v. International Precious Metals Corp.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1985
- Young v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1984
- Bolton v. Tesoro Petroleum Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
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