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AUSTIN v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.

Civ. A. No. 81-1783.

524 F.Supp. 1166 (1981)

Jesse James AUSTIN, Jr. and Alice L. Austin, his wife, et al. v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

October 27, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Perlberger, James R. Kahn, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Arthur Makadon, James D. Coleman, Philadelphia, Pa., for Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.

Barbara Pennell, Philadelphia, Pa., for Eagle-Picher, Inc. and J. P. Stevens, Inc.

MEMORANDUM and ORDER

SHAPIRO, District Judge.

This is an action by forty former employees of a General Steel Industries ("GSI") plant in East St. Louis, Illinois, and their spouses, for personal injuries allegedly caused by asbestos products manufactured or sold by the defendant companies. Liability is based on negligence and strict products liability; plaintiffs also allege that defendants conspired to deprive them of adequate warnings concerning the hazards...

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