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MILLER v. MANVILLE CORP. ASBESTOS DISEASE COMPEN.

CONSOLIDATED UNDER MDL 875 E.D. PA CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:11-33896-ER.

228 F.Supp.3d 378 (2017)

Creighton E. MILLER (Administrator for Estate of Joseph F. Braun), Plaintiffs, v. MANVILLE CORPORATION ASBESTOS DISEASE COMPENSATION FUND, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

Filed January 6, 2017.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 46 U.S.C. § 0688
Cause: 46 U.S.C. § 0688 Jones Act
Nature of Suit: 368 P.I.: Asbestos
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard C. Jaques, The Maritime Asbestosis Legal Clinic, Alan Kellman, Donald A. Krispin, The Jaques Admiralty Law Firm, P.C., Detroit, MI, John E. Herrick, John David Hurst, Motley Rice LLC, Mt. Pleasant, SC, for Plaintiffs.

Randall L. Solomon, Wade A. Mitchell, Kathleen A. Pettingill, Thomas H. Shunk, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Henry E. Billingsley, II, Ernest W. Auciello, Jr., Tucker Ellis & West LLP, Joan M. Englund, Center for Families and Children, Stewart D. Roll, Climaco, Lefkowitz, Peca, Wilcox and Gar, Michael R. Gallagher, Timothy T. Brick, Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Thomas E. Betz, Cleveland, OH, James J. Hayes, Jr., Garan Lucow Miller PC, Detroit, MI, J. Mark Trimble, Rohrbachers Corn Manahan Trimble, et al., Kent D. Riesen, Anspach Meeks Ellenberger LLP, Toledo, OH, Jeffrey H. Chilton, Jeffrey H. Chilton Attorney & Counselor PC, Grosse Pointe Park, MI, John S. Wasung, Kitch, Saurbien, Drutchas, Wagner & Kenney, P.C., Granville, OH, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM

Presently before the Court is the Thompson Hine Defendants' motion for summary judgment based upon their argument that Plaintiff's Jones Act claims have abated as there is no statutory beneficiary. For the reasons that follow, the motion will be denied.

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