United States Third Circuit

Petitioners' writ of mandamus to direct and order remanding punitive damages claims and personal injury claims for asbestos exposure denied under 28 USC 1407(a) due to preference for priority to compensatory claims over exemplary punitive damage windfalls.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/01/2000
• Published 12/01/2000

Judges

• Before:  BARRY, ROSENN, and WEIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan B. Rich,Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, Texas, Attorneys for Petitioners., Robert H. Riley, Catherine M. Masters, Neil Lloyd, Schiff Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Owens-Illinois, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• Hubert A. Crouch, III, Kirk T. Florence, Amy E. Nettle, Crouch & Inabnett, L.L.P., Dallas, Texas, Attorneys for Respondent Macmillan-Bloedel., McCarter & English, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Of Counsel:  Nathan A. Schachtman, On the Brief:  James H. Wilson, III, Attorneys for Respondent GAF Corporation., John D. Aldock, Elizabeth Runyan Geise, David R. Esquivel, Shea & Gardner, Washington, DC, John G. Gaul, Center for Claims Resolution, Princeton, NJ, Attorneys for Respondents Represented by the Center for Claims Resolution.