Legal Opinion
Lopez v. A.C. & S., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 28, 1988No. Appeal Nos. 87-1543, 87-1544PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is a test case,* appealed from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (McGovern, C.J.), Civil Action No. C84-155M, representative of numerous claims by present or former workers at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS), or their widows, against companies which supplied to the United States Navy products for insulation on shipboard that contained asbestos. Lopez was a civilian pipe fitter, pipe coverer, and insulator at PSNS from 1947 to 1984. Of numerous defendants, Raymark and Eagle-Picher settled with Lopez for $7,200 and…
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