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IERARDI v. LORILLARD, INC.

Civ. A. No. 90-7049.

777 F.Supp. 420 (1991)

Peter IERARDI, and Angela Ierardi v. LORILLARD, INC., et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

October 28, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence H. Brown, Steven J. Cooperstein, Howell K. Rosenberg, Brookman, Rosenberg, Brown & Sandler, Thomas F. Johnson, Daniel G. Childs, Johnson & Childs, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Matthew A. White, Franklin Poul, David I. Bookspan, Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., Walter L. Cofer, William S. Ohlemeyer, Gary R. Long, Patrick M. Sirridge, David K. Hardy, Shook, Hardy and Bacon, Kansas City, Mo., for defendant Lorillard, Inc.

Robert V. Dell'Osa, Kenneth C. Frazier, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Kim R. Tulsky, Mann, Ungar & Spector, Philadelphia, Pa., Andrew J. Mc Elaney, Jr., Stephen J. Brake, Nutter, Mc Clennen & Fish, Boston, Mass., for defendant Hollingsworth & Vose Co.

Edward J. Wilbraham, Philadelphia, Pa., for movants.

MEMORANDUM

NEWCOMER, District Judge.

Factual Background:

The above-captioned matter is a negligence/products liability action. Between 1952 and 1956, P. Lorillard, Inc., predecessor to defendant Lorillard, Inc., manufactured Kent cigarettes with an asbestos-containing filter — the "Micronite" filter. Defendant Hollingsworth & Vose ("H & V") supplied the asbestos containing filter media to P. Lorillard. Plaintiff Peter Ierardi...

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