GEE v. TENNECO, INC.

No. 78-3168.

615 F.2d 857 (1980)

Alice C. GEE, as Executrix of the Will of Tom B. Gee, and Alice C. Gee, Individually, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TENNECO, INC., as Successor to Heyden Newport Chemical Corporation and Does I through X, inclusive, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Jaroslawicz, New York City, argued for plaintiff-appellant; David H. Greenberg, Beverly Hills, Cal., Julien & Schlesinger, P. C., New York City, on the brief.

Dov M. Grunschlag, Steinhart, Falconer & Morgenstein, San Francisco, Cal., argued for defendant-appellee; Joseph T. C. Hart, Fulton, Duncombe & Rowe, New York City, on the brief.

Before WALLACE and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, Senior District Judge.


J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Alice C. Gee appeals from the granting of summary judgment in favor of defendant Tenneco, Inc. on Gee's complaint against Tenneco for the wrongful death of her husband, Tom B. Gee, and for other claims arising from his death. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

I. JURISDICTION

The district court's jurisdiction over this matter was based on diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Jurisdiction...

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