Legal Opinion
Wisniewski v. Johns-Manville Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 30, 1987No. Nos. 86-1253 and 86-1254PublishedCited by 359 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Chief Judge.
This court is not a stranger to this diversity case governed by Pennsylvania law involving claims by relations of certain decedents against asbestos manufacturers. When it was before us in Wisniewski v. Johns-Manville Corp., 759 F.2d 271 (3d Cir.1985) (“Wisniewski I") we affirmed the district court’s several determinations except in one limited area: a panel majority decided to remand to the district court to consider whether a claim could be made out under the theory of intentional infliction of emotional distress. One member of the panel would have…
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