IN RE ALL MAINE ASBESTOS LITIGATION


575 F.Supp. 1375 (1983)

In re ALL MAINE ASBESTOS LITIGATION.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

November 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. William Higbee, Brunswick, Maine, Thomas W. Henderson, Thomas White, Pittsburgh, Pa., Mark F. Sullivan, William A. Mulvey, Jr., James G. Noucas, Jr., Portsmouth, N.H., Ronald L. Motley, Blatt & Fales, Barnwell, S.C., Lawrence C. Winger, Herbert Bennett, Portland, Maine, Melvin I. Friedman, Stanley J. Levy, Ivan B. Rubin, Patricia Martinelli, Kriendler & Kriendler, New York City, Dan W. Thornhill, McEachern & Thornhill, Kittery, Maine, Ira A. Levy, P.C., Michael H. Smoller, Newark, N.J., Michael P. Thornton, Thornton & Early, Boston, Mass., for Asbestos plaintiffs.

Robert E. Hirshon, Portland, Maine, for Amatex Corp.

Peter L. Murray, Ellyn Ballou, Thomas Newman, Portland, Maine, for Amchem Products, Inc.

Harrison L. Richardson, Jeffrey Thaler, Thomas Getchell, Portland, Maine, for Armstrong World.

John R. Linnell, Robert Mullen, Auburn, Maine, for Eagle-Picher Industries.

U. Charles Remmel, Graydon G. Stevens, Portland, Maine, for Fibreboard Corp.

Jack H. Simmons, Lewiston, Maine, for Forty-Eight Insulations.

Roy Thompson, James M. Bowie, M. Roberts Hunt, Glenn Robinson, Portland, Maine, for Celotex Corp.

Caroline Glassman, C. Alan Beagle, Martin J. Ridge, Portland, Maine, for Combustion Engineering.

Roland Beaudoin, Sarah A. Thornton, Portland, Maine, for Cummings Insulation and Claremont Co., Inc.

Jotham D. Pierce, Jr., Ernest J. Babcock, Louise Thomas, Portland, Maine, for G.A.F. Corp.

Joanne F. Cole, W. John Amerling, George F. Burns, Portland, Maine, for Garlock, Inc.

Phillip D. Buckley, George Terry, Bangor, Maine, for Johns-Manville.

Douglas Myers, Kurtz & Myers, South Paris, Maine, for Congoleum.

Thomas F. Monaghan, Kevin G. Libby, Portland, Maine, for Keene Corp.

John J. Flaherty, Christopher D. Nyhan, Jonathan S. Piper, Portland, Maine, for Nicolet, Inc.

Nicholas S. Nadzo, Michael A. Nelson, John Montgomery, Portland, Maine, for Owens-Corning Fiberglas.

Peter J. Rubin, Linda Monica, Portland, Maine, for Owens-Illinois.

Thomas R. McNaboe, Mark G. Furey, Portland, Maine, for Raybestos-Manhattan.

Charles H. Abbott, Steven Wright, Lewiston, Maine, and Vernon I. Arey, Waterville, Maine, for Southern Textile Co.

Randall E. Smith, Saco, Maine, for J.P. Stevens & Co.

John A. Mitchell, James G. Goggin, Portland, Maine, for Pittsburgh Corning.

Charles H. Abbott, Steven Wright, Lewiston, Maine, and Vernon I. Arey, Waterville, Maine, for H.K. Porter Co.

Robert F. Hanson, Mark G. Lavoie, Portland, Maine, for Bath Iron Works Corp.

Richard S. Cohen, U.S. Atty., D. of Maine, and Peter A. Nowinski, Scott L. Gorland, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for United States of America.


MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT

GIGNOUX, District Judge.

Presently pending in this Court are approximately 230 actions brought against various manufacturers and suppliers of asbestos products by present and former employees, and the representatives of deceased employees, of either Bath Iron Works (BIW) or Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) who allegedly sustained injuries through exposure to and inhalation of asbestos dust during the course of...

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