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DeHAGUE v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN R. CO.

Civ. No. 85-134-D-1.

678 F.Supp. 215 (1988)

George R. DeHAGUE and Eileen D. DeHague, Plaintiffs, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, A Corporation, Anchor Packing Company, A Corporation, Celotex Corporation, Individually and as the successor in interest to Philip Carey Manufacturing Company, Philip Carey Corporation, Briggs Manufacturing Company and Panacon Corporation, A Corporation, Certainteed Corporation, Individually and as the successor in interest to Guston-Bacon Manufacturing Company, A Corporation, John Crane-Houdaille, A Corporation, Garlock, Incorporated, A Corporation, Armstrong World Industries, Incorporated, A Corporation, Flintkote Company, A Corporation, Vapor Corporation, An Illinois Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Iowa, Davenport Division.

February 2, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey T. Eddy of Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Charleston, S.C., John D. Roven of Jones & Granger, Houston, Tex., and Michael Noyes of Stanley, Rehling & Lande, Davenport, Iowa, for plaintiffs.

David R. Sinn and Christopher P. Larson of Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, Ill., and Michael D. Huppert of Timmons, Irish, Becker & Ordway, Des Moines, Iowa, for Celotex Corp., Certainteed Corp., Armstrong World Industries, Inc., and Flintkote Co.

Elliott R. McDonald, Jr., and Elliott R. McDonald, III, of McDonald, Stonebraker & Cepican, P.C., Davenport, Iowa, for Vapor Corp.

David B. Mueller of Cassidy & Mueller, Peoria, Ill., and Edward B. Harris of Nagle, Blair & Harris, Davenport, Iowa, for Garlock, Inc.

WOLLE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs George R. and Eileen D. DeHague brought suit against defendant Burlington Northern Railroad Company (Burlington) on June 14, 1985, contending that George DeHague suffered exposure to toxic substances including asbestos and asbestos-containing materials throughout his twenty-two year employment as a Burlington shop worker. They asserted that George's exposure to the toxic materials caused him to sustain pneumoconiosis, as well as other...

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