Court Opinion

ID: 7713590
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 19:15:46.647979+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:09:56.126058
License: Public Domain

Vernon Maximillian Chestang, Jr., sued, among others, W.R. Grace Co.-Conn.; Anchor Packing Company; Garlock, Inc.; Flinkote Company; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; Rapid American Corporation; Georgia Pacific Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; M.H. Detrick Company; Proko Industries, Inc.; Uniroyal, Inc.; Synkoloid Company; and North American Refractories Company, for damages, based on asbestos-related personal injury. The trial court entered a summary judgment for the defendants based on its conclusion *Page 471 
that the action was barred by the applicable statute of limitations and that 42 U.S.C. § 9658, the federal statute of limitations contained in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), was not applicable because, it held, § 9658 did not preempt the state statute of limitations in this case.
This case is factually similar to Becton v. Rhone-Poulenc,Inc., 706 So.2d 1134 (Ala. 1997), decided recently, and the arguments presented in this case are basically the same as those presented in that case. Thus, based on the authority ofBecton v. Rhone-Poulenc, Inc., we affirm the summary judgment.
AFFIRMED.
HOOPER, C.J., and MADDOX, ALMON, KENNEDY, and SEE, JJ., concur.