DaMato v. Turner & Newall, Ltd.
| Decision Date | 22 June 1981 |
| Docket Number | No. 80-2762,No. 80-2765,No. 80-2764,No. 80-2763,Nos. 80-2762,80-2762,80-2763,80-2764,80-2765,s. 80-2762 |
| Parties | DaMATO, Carl A., DaMato, Rose, his wife, Appellants in, v. TURNER & NEWALL, LTD., Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., Special Asbestos Company, Inc., Cassiar Asbestos Corp. Ltd., Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., Huxley Development Corporation, Canadian Johns-Manville Asbestos, Ltd., Canadian Johns-Mansville Company, Ltd., Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, GAF Corporation, Lake Asbestos Corporation of Quebec, Carey Canadian Mines, Ltd., North American Asbestos Corporation, General Mining and Finance Corporation, Ltd., Turner Asbestos Fibres, Ltd., Central Asbestos Company, Ltd. and Certain Teed Corporation (Count VII Only), Raybestos Manhattan, Inc., Southern Asbestos. LINDAHL, Pearl, Administratrix of the Estate of Lindahl, Fred S., Deceased, Appellant in, v. TURNER & NEWALL, LTD. and Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd. and Special Asbestos Company, Inc. and Cassiar Asbestos Corp., Ltd. and Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. and Huxley Development Corporation and Canadian Johns-Manville Asbestos, Ltd. and Canadian Johns-Manville Company, Ltd. and Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and GAF Corporation, and Lake Asbestos Corporation of Quebec and Carey Canadian Mines, Ltd. and North American Asbestos Corporation and General Mining and Finance Corporation, Ltd. TURNER ASBESTOS FIBRES, LTD. and Central Asbestos Company, Ltd. and Certain Teed Corporation (Count VII Only), Raybestos Manhattan, Inc., Southern Asbestos, United States of America, v. CERTAIN TEED CORPORATION, Certain-Teed Corporation (Directly and as Successor-In-Interest to Keasbey & Mattison Company) and Nicolet Industries, Inc. (Successor-In-Interest to Keasbey & Mattison Company). SAYLOR, Albert, Administrator of the Estate of Saylor, Jennie, dec'd., Appellant in, v. TURNER & NEWALL, LTD., Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., Special Asbestos Company, Inc., Cassiar Asbestos Corp., Ltd., Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., Huxley Development Corp., Canadian Johns-Manville Asbestos, Canadian Johns-Manville Co., Ltd., Johns-Manville Sales Corp., GAF Corp., La |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Third Circuit |
Edward Rubin, Robert Redler (argued), Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin & Maxwell, Lansdale, Pa., for appellants.
Patrick T. Ryan, Virginia Gibson-Mason, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia,...
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