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HARRISON v. CELOTEX CORP.

No. 1-83-610.

583 F.Supp. 1497 (1984)

Virginia HARRISON, Individually and for the use and benefit of the next of kin of Kenneth R. Harrison, deceased, Plaintiff, v. The CELOTEX CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Tennessee, S.D.

April 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Douglas Nichol, Gillenwater, Nichol & Ames, Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Martin L. Ellis, Butler, Vines, Babb & Threadgill, Knoxville, Tenn., for The Celotex Corp.

Paul Campbell, III, Campbell & Campbell, Chattanooga, Tenn., for Pittsburgh-Corning Corp.

William A. Young and Russell D. Carroll, Taylor & Groover, Knoxville, Tenn., for Fibreboard Corp.

Hugh J. Moore, Jr., Witt, Gaither & Whitaker, Chattanooga, Tenn., for GAF Corp.

Louis C. Woolf, Hugh B. Bright, Jr., Imogene King, Knoxville, Tenn., for Owens-Illinois, Inc.

MEMORANDUM

MILBURN, District Judge.

This is a products liability action in which the plaintiff alleges that her husband was fatally injured by reason of exposure to asbestos-containing products manufactured and sold by the defendants. Liability is asserted solely on the basis of strict liability in tort. Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A (1965); Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 29-28-101, et seq...

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