Legal Opinion
In Re All Maine Asbestos Litigation
District Court, D. Maine
Decided February 23, 1984PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT
GIGNOUX, District Judge.
Presently pending in this Court are approximately 225 actions which have been brought by present and former employees, and the representatives of deceased employees, of either Bath Iron Works (BIW), a private shipyard located in Bath, Maine, or Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS), a government shipyard in Kittery, Maine, against various manufacturers and suppliers of asbestos-containing products. Plaintiffs seek to recover compensatory and punitive damages for injuries the employees allegedly sustained by exposure to and…
2Cases cited62 opinions
- Jenkins v. McKeithenSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Richards v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Indian Towing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Unr Industries, Inc., Unarco Industries, Inc., and Eagle Picher Industries, Inc. v. The United States, Keene Corporation v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1992
- Dube v. Pittsburgh CorningCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Johns-Manville Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1987
- In Re ALL MAINE ASBESTOS LITIGATION (PNS CASES). Petition of UNITED STATES of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Marshall A. Smith v. Johns-Manville Corporation Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp., Defendant-Third Party v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd., Third-Party and Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corporation, and Third-Party v. Raybestos Manhattan, Inc. And Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., and Third Party v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Third-Party Michael Ceiswich v. Johns-Manville Corporation Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp., Defendant-Third Party v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd. And Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., and Third-Party v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd., Third-Party Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendant-Third Party v. Advocate Mines, Ltd., Third-Party Joseph Ardin and Rose Ardin, His Wife v. Johns-Manville Corporation Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp., Defendant-Third Party v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd., Third-Party and Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., and Third-Party v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd., Third Party Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendant-Third Party v. Advocate Mines, Ltd., Third-Party Betty P. Esposito, Individually and as of the Estate of Robert I. Esposito, Deceased v. Johns-Manville Corporation Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp., Defendant-Third Party v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd., Third-Party and Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., and Third-Party v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd., Third-Party Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendant-Third Party v. Advocate Mines, Ltd., Third-Party Watts Chernesky and Mary Chernesky, His Wife v. Johns-Manville Corporation Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp., Defendant-Third Party v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd., Third-Party and Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., and Third-Party v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd., Third-Party Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendant-Third Party v. Advocate Mines, Ltd., Third-Party Karpinecz, Thomas, Sr. And Filomena Karpinecz, His Wife v. Johns-Manville Corporation Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp., Defendant-Third Party v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd., Third-Party and Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., and Third-Party v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd., Third-Party Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendant-Third Party v. Advocate Mines, Ltd., Third-Party Calvin Randolph and Joyce Randolph, His Wife v. Johns-Manville Corporation Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp., Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. And Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., Defendants-Third Party v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd., Third-Party Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendant-Third Party v. Advocate Mines, Ltd., Third-Party Edward Sherman Lower William J. Kenvin and Dorothy D. Kenvin, His Wife v. Johns-Manville Corporation Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp., Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. And Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., Defendants-Third Party v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd., Third-Party Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendant-Third Party v. Advocate Mines, Ltd., Third-Party Appeal of United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
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