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STEWART v. UNITED STATES

No. 76-0055.

486 F.Supp. 178 (1980)

William STEWART, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, and North American Asbestos Corporation, a corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, C. D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

March 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Walker, Bloomington, Ill., for plaintiff.

Gerald Fines, U. S. Atty., John Germeraad, Asst. U. S. Atty., Springfield, Ill., William R. Herman, Darci L. Rock, Peter A. Nowinski, Torts Branch, Civil Division, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States.

William J. Voelker, Jr., Lyle Allen, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, Ill., Frederick P. Velde, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Springfield, Ill., for North American Asbestos.

Cassidy, Cassidy, Mueller & Price, Peoria, Ill., for intervenor Owens-Corning Fiberglas.

ORDER

J. WALDO ACKERMAN, District Judge.

This case involves a claim against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), § 2671 et seq., and is based upon the sale of asbestos from the national stockpiles by the Government to Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UNARCO) and to Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, which purchased the UNARCO plant in 1970. Also named as defendant is North American Asbestos Corporation...

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