Legal Opinion
Petruska v. Johns-Manville
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 30, 1979No. Civ. A. No. 77-3341PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POLLAK, District Judge.
This diversity action was commenced in 1977 to recover damages for asbestos poisoning. The complaint puts forward two novel theories of liability. First, it seeks to impose liability on defendant Johns-Man-ville Products Corporation (hereinafter “Products”) for asbestos-related diseases— mesothelioma and asbestosis—contracted by plaintiff’s decedent John R. Petruska as a result of his residency in a town in which Products operated an asbestos-using plant. Second, it seeks to impose liability on defendant Canadian Johns-Manville Company, Ltd., (hereafter…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Griffith v. United Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- John A. Karjala v. Johns-Manville Products CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Terry v. Modern WoodmenDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1972
- Catherine Panko, Admx. Of the Estate of Margaret R. Barrett, Dec'd v. Consolidated Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Golden Trade v. Lee Apparel Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1992
- In re Sunrise Securities LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1989
- Central Wesleyan College v. W.R. Grace & Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1992
- Superior Communications v. Earhugger, Inc.District Court, C.D. California · 2009
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