Legal Opinion
Trizec Properties, Inc. v. United States Mineral Products Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 6, 1992No. 91-3391PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Chief Judge:
Trizec Properties, Inc. appeals a summary judgment in favor of United States Mineral Products Company in an action to recover asbestos abatement costs. Concluding that Trizec’s claim is prescribed, i.e., time-barred, we affirm.
Background
In 1965 United States Mineral Products Company (USMPC), a New Jersey corporation with its principal place of business in that state, sold asbestos-laden fireproofing material to a subcontractor for use in the construction of a building in Atlanta, Georgia. Trizec, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Michigan,…
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