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JACKSON v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORP.

No. 82-4288.

727 F.2d 506 (1984)

James Leroy JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Opinion on Granting of Rehearing July 2, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Megehee, Brown, Williams & Mestayer, Roy C. Williams, Pascagoula, Miss., Lively M. Wilson, Dorothy J. Chambers, Louisville, Ky., William N. Reed, John H. Holloman, III, Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellants.

Richard F. Pate, Mobile, Ala., Cupit & Maxey, Danny E. Cupit, Jackson, Miss., Blatt & Fales, Ronald L. Motley, Barnwell, S.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GARZA and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion on Granting of Rehearing En Banc July 2, 1984.

CLARK, Chief Judge:

Johns-Manville Sales Corporation (Johns-Manville) and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. appeal a jury verdict awarding actual and punitive damages to James Jackson, a former shipyard worker, in a strict liability action for injuries allegedly caused by the defendants' failures to warn of the hazards of exposure to their asbestos products. Finding that the trial court ruled correctly on Jackson...

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