Amader v. Johns-Manville Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

Moving for partial summary judgment based upon offensive collateral estoppel, plaintiff asserts that prior jury findings that defendant, Pittsburgh-Corning’s high temperature insulation product, “Unibestos”, was defective when manufactured between 1962 and 1968 forecloses relitigation of that issue. Plaintiff also seeks to invoke collateral estoppel to prevent relitigation whether “Unibestos” was a substantial factor in producing the asbestos-related diseases from which he purportedly suffers. Recognizing the beneficial and salutory effects of…