GLOBIG v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CO.

79-C-117, 77-C-52, 77-C-446, 77-C-491, 77-C-492, 78-C-43, 78-C-44, 78-C-131 and 78-C-544.

486 F.Supp. 735 (1980)

William GLOBIG and Kathrine A. Globig, Plaintiffs, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, a Foreign Corporation, Keene Corporation, a Foreign Corporation and Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., a Foreign Corporation, Defendants, v. EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Foreign Corporation, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEAT AND FROST INSULATORS AND ASBESTOS WORKERS UNION and Asbestos Workers Union, Local 19, Third-Party Defendants. Charlotte E. NEUBAUER, personally and personal representative of the Estate of Clifford S. Neubauer, Plaintiff, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORPORATION, a Foreign Corporation, Johns-Manville Sales Company, a Foreign Corporation, and Transcontinental Insurance Co., a Foreign Corporation, Defendants, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORP., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. PITTSBURG CORNING CORP., a Foreign Corporation, et al., Third-Party Defendants. Joy SKROFONICK, Personally and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Clifford E. Mason, Plaintiff, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORPORATION, a Foreign Corporation, Johns-Manville Sales Company, a Foreign Corporation, and Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., a Foreign Corporation, Defendants, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORPORATION, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. PITTSBURG CORNING CORP., a Foreign Corporation, et al., Third-Party Defendants. Walter J. PRESECHNIK, Plaintiff, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORPORATION, a Foreign Corporation, Johns-Manville Sales Company, a Foreign Corporation, and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, a Foreign Corporation, Defendants, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORP., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. PITTSBURG CORNING CORP., a Foreign Corporation, et al., Third-Party Defendants. Clarence O. REIMER and Mary M. Reimer, Plaintiffs, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORPORATION, a Foreign Corporation, Johns-Manville Sales Company, a Foreign Corporation, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., a Foreign Corporation, Defendants, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORP., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. PITTSBURG CORNING CORP., A Foreign Corporation, et al., Third-Party Defendants. Darwin Frank WITKOWSKI, Sr., and Eleanore Witkowski, Plaintiffs, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORPORATION, a Foreign Corporation, Johns-Manville Sales Company, a Foreign Corporation, Defendants, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORP., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. PITTSBURG CORNING CORP., a Foreign Corporation, et al., Third-Party Defendants. Clarence P. LILLGE and Hertha E. Lillge, Plaintiffs, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORPORATION, a Foreign Corporation, Johns-Manville Sales Company, a Foreign Corporation, Keene Corporation, a Foreign Corporation, Baldwin-Ehret-Hill, Incorporated, a Foreign Corporation, and Gale Corporation, a Foreign Corporation, Defendants, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORP., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. PITTSBURG CORNING CORP., a Foreign Corporation, et al., Third-Party Defendants. Erich E. ECKOLDT and Mamie Eckoldt, Plaintiffs, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORPORATION, a Foreign Corporation, Johns-Manville Sales Company, a Foreign Corporation, Defendants, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORP., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. PITTSBURG CORNING CORP., a Foreign Corporation, et al., Third-Party Defendants. Robert J. GAYNOR and Lavellette Gaynor, Plaintiffs, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORPORATION, a Foreign Corporation, Johns-Manville Sales Company, a Foreign Corporation, Keene Corporation, a Foreign Corporation, Defendants, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORP., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. PITTSBURG CORNING CORP., a Foreign Corporation, et al., Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Wisconsin.

March 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert J. Goldberg, Milwaukee, Wis., for all plaintiffs.

Kurt H. Frauen and Mark Young, Milwaukee, Wis., for Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.

Donald H. Carlson, Milwaukee, Wis., for Johns-Manville Sales Co.

Jeffrey A. Schmeckpeper, Milwaukee, Wis., for Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.

Peter S. Nelson, Appleton, Wis., for Armstrong Cork Co.

William C. Gleisner, III, Menomonee Falls, Wis., for Intern. Ass'n of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers Union and Asbestos Workers Union, Local 19.


DECISION AND ORDER

REYNOLDS, Chief Judge.

These consolidated products liability cases are before the court on several related pretrial motions. In order to put the motions in context, it is necessary to briefly summarize the present status of the cases.

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