Legal Opinion
Kiser v. A.W. Chesterton Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 16, 2011No. MDL No. 875. Civil Action No. 11-60039PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
EDUARDO C. ROBRENO, Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This is an asbestos personal injury case. Before the Court are the Motions to Dismiss of Defendants Trane U.S., Inc., SEP-CO, Inc., CBS Corp., Georgia-Pacific Corp., Foster Wheeler Corp., Riley Power, Inc., Goulds Pumps, Inc., Ingersoll-Rand Co., John Crane, Inc., Rapid American Corp., General Electric Co., Warren Pumps, and Harsco Industrial Patterson Kelley.
Federal jurisdiction in this case is based on diversity of citizenship under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Pursuant to Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, this Court will apply Virginia substantive law…
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