In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Evansville Division.
Federal jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship.
See 28 U.S.C. sec. The plant, a facility for the manufacture of parts and sub- assemblies for large utility boilers, consisted of several buildings and covered about 99 acres. Mr. Peerman also worked as a supervisor in the shipping and receiving department, in which capacity he traveled throughout the plant as needed. During his tenure at the Mt. Vernon plant, Mr. Peerman might have been exposed to asbestos dust. Masses of asbestos fibers, when disturbed, tend to break down into tiny dust particles which become suspended in the air.