State Ex Rel. CSR Ltd. v. MacQueen

NEELY, Justice:

CSR Limited (hereinafter “CSR”) is a new and unique type of defendant in that black hole of litigation — consolidated asbestos cases. Between 1948 and 1966 CSR was sales agent for its partially-owned subsidiary that mined raw asbestos fibers. The raw asbestos fibers were sold F.O.B. Freemantle, Australia and other ports in Western Australia to Johns Manville Corporation which then delivered them to the United States. Because Johns Manville had its own mines and purchased asbestos fibers from several other mines throughout the world, Johns Manville received only a small portion…