Legal Opinion
Prelick v. Johns-Manville Corp.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 27, 1982No. Civ. A. 80-1690PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DIAMOND, District Judge.
Presently before the court in each of the above cases is a motion of the defendant The Celotex Corporation (Celotex) to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint or in the alternative to strike paragraph Twenty-Third thereof and for a more definite statement. For the reasons set forth below, the motions to strike will be granted and the motions to dismiss and for a more definite statement will be denied.
In each of these diversity actions the plaintiff seeks to recover damages from the manufacturers or suppliers of certain asbestos products for injury or death allegedly…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Summers v. TiceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
- Sondra L. McKenna and James R. McKenna v. Ortho Pharmaceutical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Sindell v. Abbott LaboratoriesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Hall v. EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1972
- Snoparsky v. BAERSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Robertson v. Allied Signal, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Celotex Corp. v. CopelandSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
- Case v. Fibreboard Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
- University System of New Hampshire v. United States Gypsum Co.District Court, D. New Hampshire · 1991
- Vigiolto v. Johns-Manville Corp.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1986
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