Simon KLEIN and Ruth Klein
v.
COUNCIL OF CHEMICAL ASSOCIATIONS, Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers, Inc., Printing Industries of America, the Dow Chemical Company, Eastman Kodak Company, Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, Martin Marietta Corporation, Polychrome Corporation, Varn Products Company, Incorporated, R.B.P. Chemical Corporation, Ryco-Line Solvent Company, Monarch Color Corporation, Van Son Holland Ink Corporation of America, Liberty Bronze Ink Company, Individually and as Representatives of the Class of Defendants named herein.
United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 3, 1984.
April 3, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard A. Sprague, Edward H. Rubenstone, Steve Alexander, Lawrence E. Hirsch, Sprague & Rubenstone, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.
Abraham C. Reich, Jerome E. Ornsteen, Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, Philadelphia, Pa., for Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology.
Sam L. Warshawer, Jr., Venzie, Phillips & Warshawer, Philadelphia, Pa., for Council of Chemical Associations.
Dean F. Murtagh, John F. Kennedy, Jr., German, Gallagher & Murtagh, Philadelphia, Pa., for Dow Chemical Co.
Henry T. Reath, Beatrice O'Donnell, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, Pa., for Eastman Kodak Co.
Robert L. Hernandez, Boston, Mass., for Liberty Bronze Ink Co.
Jonathan Wheeler, Margolis, Edelstein & Scherlis, Philadelphia, Pa., for Martin-Marietta Corp.
John F. Kent, Deasey, Scanlan & Bender, Ltd., Philadelphia, Pa., for Minnesota Min. & Manufacturing Co.
Theodore H. Lunine, Bennett, Bricklin, Saltzburg & Fullem, Philadelphia, Pa., for Monarch Color Corp.
Steven A. Asher, LaBrum & Doak, Philadelphia, Pa., for National Art Materials Trade Assn.
Edward C. Toole, Jr., Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young, Philadelphia, Pa., for National Ass'n of Printing Ink Manufacturers, Inc.
Anthony S. Minisi, Barry M. Klayman, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for Polychrome Corp.
Edward C. Toole, Jr., Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young, Philadelphia, Pa., for Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Equipment and Supply Dealers Ass'n.
Joseph I. Fineman, Philadelphia, Pa., for R.B.P. Chemical Corp.
Thomas C. DeLorenzo, Coleman & Goggin, Philadelphia, Pa., for Ryco-Line Solvent Co.
Peter P. Liebert, 3rd, Francis P. Burns, III, Liebert, Short, Fitzpatrick & Lavin, Philadelphia, Pa., for Van Son Holland Ink Corp. of America.
Robert M. Britton, Post & Schell, Philadelphia, Pa., for Varn Products Co.
United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
SHAPIRO, District Judge.
I. FACTS
This products liability action was brought by Simon Klein and his wife, Ruth Klein, against eleven manufacturers and suppliers of chemical products used in the printing industry, four trade associations serving the chemical and printing industries and a research institute; they are named defendants individually and as representatives of a class of manufacturers, distributors, and/or suppliers...
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