Creighton E. MILLER, Administrator of the Estate of Maurice J. Moline, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD., on its own behalf and as successor in interest to American Mail Lines; Matson Navigation Company, Inc., on its own behalf and as successor in interest to the Oceanic Steamship Company; Pacific Atlantic Steamship Company; Isbrandtsen Lines; West Coast Shipping Company, Defendants-Appellants,
Foster Wheeler Corporation; General Electric Company; T & N, PLC; Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation; Keene Corporation; Owens-Illinois, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued June 11, 1992.
Decided March 23, 1993.
Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 10, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Leonard C. Jaques (argued and briefed), Jaques Admiralty Law Firm, Detroit, MI, Robert Swickle, Pittsburgh, PA, for Creighton E. Miller.
Harold W. Henderson (argued and briefed), Richard C. Binzley, Russell W. Gray, Thomas A. Heffernan, Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, OH, Henry N. Ware, Jr. (argued), McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Richmond, VA, for American President Lines, Ltd.
David G. Davies (briefed), Ray, Robinson, Hanninen & Carle, Cleveland, OH, for amici curiae.
James W. Bartlett, III (argued and briefed), Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Baltimore, MD, Martin J. Fallon, Kevin O. Kadlec, William D. Bonezzi, Jacobson, Maynard, Tuschman & Kalur, Cleveland, OH, for Foster Wheeler Corp.
Arlene C. Erlebacher, John A. Heller (briefed), Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, Michael R. Gallagher (argued), Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, OH, Alton L. Stephens, Jr., Timothy T. Brick, Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, OH, for General Elec. Co.
Randall L. Solomon (briefed), Thomas H. Shunk, Wade A. Mitchell (argued), Elizabeth A. McNellie, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, OH, for T & N, PLC.
Donald A. Powell, Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, Akron, OH, Scott S. Cairns (briefed), McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Richmond, VA, for Westinghouse Elec. Corp.
Michael D. Eagen, Cincinnati, OH, for Keene Corp.
Susan Healy Zitterman (briefed), Kitch, Saurbier, Drutchas, Wagner & Kenney, Detroit, MI, Robert A. Bunda, Theresa R. DeWitt, Bunda, Stutz & DeWitt, Toledo, OH, for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
John C. Stewart (briefed), Richard A. Papurt, Bunda, Stutz & DeWitt, Toledo, OH, for Owens-Illinois Inc.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 10, 1993.
MERRITT, Chief Judge.
This is an asbestos case, an appeal from a judgment, following a jury verdict, holding defendant shipowners liable for the wrongful death of a seaman on theories of negligence and unseaworthiness, and from the dismissal of defendant shipowners' third party claims for indemnity and contribution from certain asbestos suppliers and manufacturers.
The case is one of twenty seaman...
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