UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

____________

NO. 92-1995
____________

IN RE: PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

MABEL BROWN, Individually and on
behalf of all others similarly situated

   v.

SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); AND
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

    v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
ROY F. WESTON, INC.; and
OH MATERIALS COMPANY; and
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; and
THE BUDD COMPANY; and
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION;
MONSANTO CO.;
PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

          Mabel Brown, Appellant

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-02229)


____________

NO. 92-1996
____________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

GEORGE ALBERT BURRELL and
PRISCILLA ETHERIDGE BURRELL,
in their own right, and GEORGE ALBERT BURRELL and
PRISCILLA ETHERIDGE BURRELL, as parents and natural
guardian of AMBER SHARDAI BURRELL, a minor, and
GEORGE ALBERT BURRELL, as parent and natural
guardian of ANDRE WALKER, a minor, and
PRISCILLA ETHERIDGE BURRELL, as parent and
natural guardian of BOBBY GEORGE ALBERT
CHRISTIAN BURRELL, a minor

   v.

SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA"); and
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK");
and CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
MONSANTO COMPANY;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

   v.

PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

          George Burrell, Priscilla Burrell, Amber
          Burrell and Monica Hilton, Appellants

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-02235)



____________

NO. 92-1997
____________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

WALLACE DARRYL CUMMINS

   v.

SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
("SEPTA"); AND
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); AND
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION, ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; and
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION;
MONSANTO COMPANY

          Wallace D. Cummins, Appellant

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-02669)



____________

NO. 92-1999
____________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

K. LOUISE JONES, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE
OF HARVEY N. JONES, JR., DECEASED AND K. LOUISE
JONES AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF HARVEY N. JONES,
JR., AND K. LOUISE JONES IN HER OWN RIGHT

   v.

SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK");
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION, ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA;
MONSANTO COMPANY;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY; AND
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

          K. Louise Jones and Harvey Jones, Appellants

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-05277)



___________

NO. 92-2000
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

JAMES LAMENT, individually and on behalf
of all others similarly situated

   v.

SEPTA; AMTRAK and CONRAIL;

   v.

PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION;
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA;
MONSANTO CO.;
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO;
BUDD CO., AND
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

           James Lament, Appellant

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-05886)



___________

NO. 92-2001
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

CHRISTOPHER S. BROWN;
JACQUELINE M. BROWN, h/w

   v.

MONSANTO COMPANY;
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION;
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION;
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION


          Christopher Brown and Jacqueline Michelle Brown,
          Appellants

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-07414)








___________

NO. 92-2002
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

CATHLENE BROWN,

          Appellant
   v.

MONSANTO COMPANY;
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK");
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

   v.

PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

(D.C. Civ. No. 92-2002)


___________

NO. 92-2003
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

CRAIG A. BROWN AND
CATHERINE D. BROWN h/w

  v.

MONSANTO COMPANY;
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

  v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION; AND
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA;
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.;
THE BUDD CO.; AND
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP.

          Craig Brown, Appellant

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-07416)



___________

NO. 92-2004
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

MARGHERITA BARBETTA,

          Appellant
   v.

MONSANTO COMPANY;
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; and
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA;
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; AND
THE BUDD COMPANY; AND
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

   v.

PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-07417)




___________

NO. 92-2005
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

MARY RETTA JOHNSON,

          Appellant
   v.

MONSANTO COMPANY;
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;  AND
THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA; and
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY; and
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION; and
PENN CENTRAL CORP.

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-07418)



___________

NO. 92-2006
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

CELESTE BROWN,

          Appellant
   v.

MONSANTO COMPANY;
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA; and
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-07419)




___________

NO. 92-2007
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

CLEMMON L. BROWN

   v.

MONSANTO COMPANY;
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA; AND
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY; AND
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION; AND
PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

          Clemmon Brown, Appellant

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-07420)



___________

NO. 92-2008
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

CLOYD H. BROWN

   v.

MONSANTO COMPANY;
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION
PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

Cloyd Brown, Appellant

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-07421)



___________

NO. 92-2009
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

CURTIS BROWN,

          Appellant
   v.

MONSANTO COMPANY;
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

    v.

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; and
THE BUDD COMPANY; and
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY;
PENN CENTRAL CORP.

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-07422)


___________

NO. 92-2010
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

JOHN INGRAM, SR., and
PATRICIA INGRAM, in their own right and as
parents and natural guardians of JOHN INGRAM, JR.; and
APRIL INGRAM in her own right

   v.

SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL"); and
MONSANTO COMPANY ("MONSANTO"); and
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY ("GE"); and
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA ("PHILADELPHIA")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION;
PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

John Ingram, Sr. (and as representative of decedent,
Patricia Ingram), John Ingram, Jr., Patricia Ingram and
April Ingram Robinson-Ray, Appellants

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-07561)


___________

NO. 92-2011
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

MARY ALICE KNIGHT,

          Appellant
   v.

SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL"); and
MONSANTO COMPANY ("MONSANTO"); and
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY ("GE"); and
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA ("PHILADELPHIA")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION;
PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

(D.C. Civ. No. 87-00712)

___________

NO. 92-2014
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

WILLIAM BUTLER; THERESA BUTLER;
MARVIN L. SIMPSON; ALLEN K. SIMPSON;
KAREN R. SIMPSON; DONALD E. SIMPSON; and
BRYAN M. JACKSON

   v.

SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA;
MONSANTO COMPANY;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION;
PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

William Butler, Theresa Butler, Bryan Jackson,
Allen Simpson, Donald Simpson, Karen Simpson
and Marvin Simpson, Appellants

(D.C. Civ. No. 87-02874)



___________

NO. 92-2016
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM; AND
BESSIE CUNNINGHAM,

          Appellants
   v.

MONSANTO COMPANY; and
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA"); and
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")
   v.

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION;
PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION,

Third-Party Defendants


_________________________________

On Appeal From the United States District Court
For the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
_________________________________

Argued: October 26, 1993

Before: BECKER, ROTH, and LEWIS, Circuit Judges.

(Filed                  )


				ARNOLD E. COHEN 
				   Klehr, Harrison, Harvey,
				   Branzburg, Ellers & Weir
				   1401 Walnut Street, 8th Fl.
				   Philadelphia, PA   19102
					    and
				JOSEPH C. KOHN
				MYLES H. MALMAN
				MARTIN J. D'URSO (ARGUED)
				   Kohn, Nast & Graf
				   2400 One Reading Center
				   1101 Market Street
				   Philadelphia, PA  19107

Attorneys for Appellants
Mabel Brown (1995); George Burrell, Priscilla Burrell,
Amber Burrell, and Monica Hilton (1996); Wallace D.
Cummins (1997); K. Louise Jones and Estate of Harvey
Jones (1999); James Lament (2000); John Ingram, Sr., 
Patricia Ingram, April Ingram Robinson and John 
Ingram, Jr. (2010); Mary Knight (2011); William Butler, 
Theresa Butler, Marvin Simpson, Alan Simpson, Karen
Simpson, Donald Simpson and Brian Jackson (2014);
Bessie Cunningham and Matthew Cunningham (2016)




				D. BRUCE HANES (ARGUED)
				   D. Bruce Hanes and
				   Associates, P.C.
				   1700 Market Street
				   Suite 3131
				   Philadelphia, PA  19103

Attorney for Appellants
Christopher Brown, Jacqueline M. Brown (2001);
Cathlene Brown (2002); Craig Brown (2003);
Margherita Barbetta (2004); Mary Retta Johnson (2005);
Celeste Brown (2006); Clemmon Brown (2007);
Cloyd Brown (2008) and Curtis Brown (2009)



				JOHN G. KESTER (ARGUED)
				JOHN W. VARDAMAN, JR.
				SARAH H. DUGGIN
				PHILIP A. SECHLER
				   Williams & Connolly
				   725 12th Street, NW
				   Washington, DC  20005

				HARRY A. SHORT, JR.
				STEPHEN M. McMANUS
				  Liebert, Short & Hirschland
				  1901 Market Street
				  Philadelphia, PA  19103

Attorneys for Appellee
General Electric Company



				ROGER F. COX
				JEROME R. RICHTER
				JOHN J. MONSEES
				   Blank, Rome, Comisky &
				   McCauley
				1200 Four Penn Center Plaza
				Philadelphia, PA  19103

Attorneys for Appellees
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority and The Penn Central Corporation



				MICHAEL M. MALIN
				THOMAS M. GOUTMAN
				KATHY A. O'NEILL
				ROBERT ROLAND, II
				   White and Williams
				   One Liberty Place
				   1650 Market Street
				   Philadelphia, PA  19103

Attorneys for Appellee
Monsanto Company




				RICHARD A. KRAEMER
				SUZANNE H. GROSS
				   Marshall, Dennehey, Warner,
				   Coleman and Goggin
				   1845 Walnut Street
				   Philadelphia, PA  19103

Attorneys for Appellee
National Railroad Passenger Corporation




				ROBERT A. SUTTON
				   Assistant City Solicitor
				   City of Philadelphia Law
				     Department
				   1600 Arch Street
				   Philadelphia, PA  19103

	Attorney for Appellee
	The City of Philadelphia




				G. DANIEL BRUCH, JR.
				   Schwartz, Campbell & 
				   Detweiller
				   1700 Land Title Building
				   100 South Broad Street
				   Philadelphia, PA  19110

				DAVID C. LANDIN
				   McGuire, Woods, Battle &
				   Boothe
				   901 East Cary Street
				   One James Center
				   Richmond, VA  23219

	Attorneys for Appellee
	Westinghouse Electric Corporation



				LAURA A. FOGGAN
				STEPHEN D. GOLDMAN
				   Wiley, Rein & Fielding
				   1776 K Street, NW
				   Washington, DC  20006

	Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Appellee
	American Insurance Association





				R. THOMAS McLAUGHLIN
				   Kelly, Harrington,
				   McLaughlin & Foster
				   1700 Atlantic Building
				   160 South Broad Street
				   Philadelphia, PA  19102

	Attorneys for Appellee
	The Budd Company				


	________________________________

	ORDER AMENDING OPINION
	________________________________

	The opinion in the above-captioned case filed August 31, 1994, is 
amended as follows:  
	1)	On page 58, lines 10 and 11, the words "promulgated under 
the Rules Enabling Act" are deleted from that sentence;
	2)	On page 59, second paragraph, lines 3 and 4, the phrase 
"promulgated under the Rules Enabling Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2072," is deleted 
from that sentence; and  
	3)	On the last line of text on page 144, substitute the name 
"Patricia" for "Priscilla". 	

					BY THE COURT,
                                
				       /s/ Edward R. Becker
					    Circuit Judge

DATED:  October 17, l994







Footnotes

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

____________

NO. 92-1995
____________

IN RE: PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

MABEL BROWN, Individually and on
behalf of all others similarly situated

   v.

SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); AND
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

    v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
ROY F. WESTON, INC.; and
OH MATERIALS COMPANY; and
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; and
THE BUDD COMPANY; and
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION;
MONSANTO CO.;
PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

          Mabel Brown, Appellant

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-02229)


____________

NO. 92-1996
____________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

GEORGE ALBERT BURRELL and
PRISCILLA ETHERIDGE BURRELL,
in their own right, and GEORGE ALBERT BURRELL and
PRISCILLA ETHERIDGE BURRELL, as parents and natural
guardian of AMBER SHARDAI BURRELL, a minor, and
GEORGE ALBERT BURRELL, as parent and natural
guardian of ANDRE WALKER, a minor, and
PRISCILLA ETHERIDGE BURRELL, as parent and
natural guardian of BOBBY GEORGE ALBERT
CHRISTIAN BURRELL, a minor

   v.

SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA"); and
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK");
and CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
MONSANTO COMPANY;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

   v.

PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

          George Burrell, Priscilla Burrell, Amber
          Burrell and Monica Hilton, Appellants

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-02235)



____________

NO. 92-1997
____________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

WALLACE DARRYL CUMMINS

   v.

SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
("SEPTA"); AND
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); AND
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION, ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; and
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION;
MONSANTO COMPANY

          Wallace D. Cummins, Appellant

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-02669)



____________

NO. 92-1999
____________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

K. LOUISE JONES, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE
OF HARVEY N. JONES, JR., DECEASED AND K. LOUISE
JONES AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF HARVEY N. JONES,
JR., AND K. LOUISE JONES IN HER OWN RIGHT

   v.

SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK");
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION, ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA;
MONSANTO COMPANY;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY; AND
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

          K. Louise Jones and Harvey Jones, Appellants

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-05277)



___________

NO. 92-2000
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

JAMES LAMENT, individually and on behalf
of all others similarly situated

   v.

SEPTA; AMTRAK and CONRAIL;

   v.

PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION;
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA;
MONSANTO CO.;
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO;
BUDD CO., AND
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

           James Lament, Appellant

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-05886)



___________

NO. 92-2001
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

CHRISTOPHER S. BROWN;
JACQUELINE M. BROWN, h/w

   v.

MONSANTO COMPANY;
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION;
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION;
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION


          Christopher Brown and Jacqueline Michelle Brown,
          Appellants

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-07414)








___________

NO. 92-2002
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

CATHLENE BROWN,

          Appellant
   v.

MONSANTO COMPANY;
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK");
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

   v.

PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

(D.C. Civ. No. 92-2002)


___________

NO. 92-2003
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

CRAIG A. BROWN AND
CATHERINE D. BROWN h/w

  v.

MONSANTO COMPANY;
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

  v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION; AND
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA;
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.;
THE BUDD CO.; AND
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP.

          Craig Brown, Appellant

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-07416)



___________

NO. 92-2004
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

MARGHERITA BARBETTA,

          Appellant
   v.

MONSANTO COMPANY;
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; and
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA;
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; AND
THE BUDD COMPANY; AND
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

   v.

PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-07417)




___________

NO. 92-2005
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

MARY RETTA JOHNSON,

          Appellant
   v.

MONSANTO COMPANY;
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;  AND
THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA; and
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY; and
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION; and
PENN CENTRAL CORP.

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-07418)



___________

NO. 92-2006
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

CELESTE BROWN,

          Appellant
   v.

MONSANTO COMPANY;
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA; and
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-07419)




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NO. 92-2007
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

CLEMMON L. BROWN

   v.

MONSANTO COMPANY;
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA; AND
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY; AND
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION; AND
PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

          Clemmon Brown, Appellant

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-07420)



___________

NO. 92-2008
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

CLOYD H. BROWN

   v.

MONSANTO COMPANY;
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION
PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

Cloyd Brown, Appellant

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-07421)



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NO. 92-2009
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

CURTIS BROWN,

          Appellant
   v.

MONSANTO COMPANY;
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

    v.

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; and
THE BUDD COMPANY; and
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY;
PENN CENTRAL CORP.

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-07422)


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NO. 92-2010
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

JOHN INGRAM, SR., and
PATRICIA INGRAM, in their own right and as
parents and natural guardians of JOHN INGRAM, JR.; and
APRIL INGRAM in her own right

   v.

SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL"); and
MONSANTO COMPANY ("MONSANTO"); and
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY ("GE"); and
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA ("PHILADELPHIA")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION;
PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

John Ingram, Sr. (and as representative of decedent,
Patricia Ingram), John Ingram, Jr., Patricia Ingram and
April Ingram Robinson-Ray, Appellants

(D.C. Civ. No. 86-07561)


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NO. 92-2011
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

MARY ALICE KNIGHT,

          Appellant
   v.

SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL"); and
MONSANTO COMPANY ("MONSANTO"); and
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY ("GE"); and
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA ("PHILADELPHIA")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION;
PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

(D.C. Civ. No. 87-00712)

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NO. 92-2014
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

WILLIAM BUTLER; THERESA BUTLER;
MARVIN L. SIMPSON; ALLEN K. SIMPSON;
KAREN R. SIMPSON; DONALD E. SIMPSON; and
BRYAN M. JACKSON

   v.

SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA");
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")

   v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA;
MONSANTO COMPANY;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION;
PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION

William Butler, Theresa Butler, Bryan Jackson,
Allen Simpson, Donald Simpson, Karen Simpson
and Marvin Simpson, Appellants

(D.C. Civ. No. 87-02874)



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NO. 92-2016
___________

IN RE:  PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION

MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM; AND
BESSIE CUNNINGHAM,

          Appellants
   v.

MONSANTO COMPANY; and
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ("SEPTA"); and
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"); and
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION ("CONRAIL")
   v.

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;
THE BUDD COMPANY;
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION;
PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION,

Third-Party Defendants


_________________________________

On Appeal From the United States District Court
For the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
_________________________________

Argued: October 26, 1993

Before: BECKER, ROTH, and LEWIS, Circuit Judges.

(Filed                  )


				ARNOLD E. COHEN 
				   Klehr, Harrison, Harvey,
				   Branzburg, Ellers & Weir
				   1401 Walnut Street, 8th Fl.
				   Philadelphia, PA   19102
					    and
				JOSEPH C. KOHN
				MYLES H. MALMAN
				MARTIN J. D'URSO (ARGUED)
				   Kohn, Nast & Graf
				   2400 One Reading Center
				   1101 Market Street
				   Philadelphia, PA  19107

Attorneys for Appellants
Mabel Brown (1995); George Burrell, Priscilla Burrell,
Amber Burrell, and Monica Hilton (1996); Wallace D.
Cummins (1997); K. Louise Jones and Estate of Harvey
Jones (1999); James Lament (2000); John Ingram, Sr., 
Patricia Ingram, April Ingram Robinson and John 
Ingram, Jr. (2010); Mary Knight (2011); William Butler, 
Theresa Butler, Marvin Simpson, Alan Simpson, Karen
Simpson, Donald Simpson and Brian Jackson (2014);
Bessie Cunningham and Matthew Cunningham (2016)




				D. BRUCE HANES (ARGUED)
				   D. Bruce Hanes and
				   Associates, P.C.
				   1700 Market Street
				   Suite 3131
				   Philadelphia, PA  19103

Attorney for Appellants
Christopher Brown, Jacqueline M. Brown (2001);
Cathlene Brown (2002); Craig Brown (2003);
Margherita Barbetta (2004); Mary Retta Johnson (2005);
Celeste Brown (2006); Clemmon Brown (2007);
Cloyd Brown (2008) and Curtis Brown (2009)



				JOHN G. KESTER (ARGUED)
				JOHN W. VARDAMAN, JR.
				SARAH H. DUGGIN
				PHILIP A. SECHLER
				   Williams & Connolly
				   725 12th Street, NW
				   Washington, DC  20005

				HARRY A. SHORT, JR.
				STEPHEN M. McMANUS
				  Liebert, Short & Hirschland
				  1901 Market Street
				  Philadelphia, PA  19103

Attorneys for Appellee
General Electric Company



				ROGER F. COX
				JEROME R. RICHTER
				JOHN J. MONSEES
				   Blank, Rome, Comisky &
				   McCauley
				1200 Four Penn Center Plaza
				Philadelphia, PA  19103

Attorneys for Appellees
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority and The Penn Central Corporation



				MICHAEL M. MALIN
				THOMAS M. GOUTMAN
				KATHY A. O'NEILL
				ROBERT ROLAND, II
				   White and Williams
				   One Liberty Place
				   1650 Market Street
				   Philadelphia, PA  19103

Attorneys for Appellee
Monsanto Company




				RICHARD A. KRAEMER
				SUZANNE H. GROSS
				   Marshall, Dennehey, Warner,
				   Coleman and Goggin
				   1845 Walnut Street
				   Philadelphia, PA  19103

Attorneys for Appellee
National Railroad Passenger Corporation




				ROBERT A. SUTTON
				   Assistant City Solicitor
				   City of Philadelphia Law
				     Department
				   1600 Arch Street
				   Philadelphia, PA  19103

	Attorney for Appellee
	The City of Philadelphia




				G. DANIEL BRUCH, JR.
				   Schwartz, Campbell & 
				   Detweiller
				   1700 Land Title Building
				   100 South Broad Street
				   Philadelphia, PA  19110

				DAVID C. LANDIN
				   McGuire, Woods, Battle &
				   Boothe
				   901 East Cary Street
				   One James Center
				   Richmond, VA  23219

	Attorneys for Appellee
	Westinghouse Electric Corporation



				LAURA A. FOGGAN
				STEPHEN D. GOLDMAN
				   Wiley, Rein & Fielding
				   1776 K Street, NW
				   Washington, DC  20006

	Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Appellee
	American Insurance Association





				R. THOMAS McLAUGHLIN
				   Kelly, Harrington,
				   McLaughlin & Foster
				   1700 Atlantic Building
				   160 South Broad Street
				   Philadelphia, PA  19102

	Attorneys for Appellee
	The Budd Company				


	________________________________

	ORDER AMENDING OPINION
	________________________________

	The opinion in the above-captioned case filed August 31, 1994, is 
amended as follows:  
	1)	On page 58, lines 10 and 11, the words "promulgated under 
the Rules Enabling Act" are deleted from that sentence;
	2)	On page 59, second paragraph, lines 3 and 4, the phrase 
"promulgated under the Rules Enabling Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2072," is deleted 
from that sentence; and  
	3)	On the last line of text on page 144, substitute the name 
"Patricia" for "Priscilla". 	

					BY THE COURT,
                                
				       /s/ Edward R. Becker
					    Circuit Judge

DATED:  October 17, l994







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